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Bodhicaryāvatāra · Verse 8.23

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Dūnhuáng §This version is extracted from the book [[Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra: Entering the Way of the Bodhisattvas (2022, Khenpo Gawang and Wiener)]], a translation of an edition of the text created from three Dūnhuáng manuscripts. A description and sample pages of these can be found on the [https://earlytibet.com/2014/02/04/the-original-bodhicaryavatara/ Early Tibet Blog]. Scans of the actual manuscripts themselves can be found at http://idp.bl.uk

Standard Tibetan §Padmakara used the 1990 edition printed by si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang: [[Byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa la 'jug pa rtsa ba dang 'grel pa (1990)]]. Also found in Derge Tengyur D3871, dbu ma, vol. 105, la 1b1–40a7.

Tsadra Critical Edition §This text was created by comparing four versions of the text from Derge, Cone, Narthang, and Peking Tengyurs from BDRC scans, along with Dunhuang manuscripts IOL Tib J 628, 629, and 630. When Tibetan readings were problematic, the Sanskrit texts from GRETIL and LTB (Oslo) were consulted.

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निन्दन्त्यलाभिनं सत्त्वमवध्यायन्ति लाभिनम्। प्रकृत्या दुःखसंवासैः कथं तैर्जायते रतिः॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

23

They despise those who have nothing, and resent those who have everything. How can one find pleasure in associating with those whose company is only a source of suffering?

Gomez 2017

How to Be a Bodhisattva: Introduction to the Practice of the Bodhisattva Path (The Bodhicaryāvatāra)

Standard Tibetan §Padmakara used the 1990 edition printed by si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang: Byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa la 'jug pa rtsa ba dang 'grel pa (1990). Also found in Derge Tengyur D3871, dbu ma, vol. 105, la 1b1–40a7.

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སེམས་ཅན་རྙེད་པ་མེད་ལ་སྨོད། །

རྙེད་པ་ཅན་ལ་མི་སྙན་བརྗོད། ། རང་བཞིན་འགྲོགས་དཀའ་དེ་དག་གིས། །

དགའ་བ་ཇི་ལྟར་སྐྱེ་བར་འགྱུར། །

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

23

People scorn the poor who have no wealth,

They also criticize the rich who have it. What pleasure can derive from keeping company

With people such as these, so difficult to please?

Padmakara 2006

The Way of the Bodhisattva (2006)

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Standard Tibetan §Padmakara used the 1990 edition printed by si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang: Byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa la 'jug pa rtsa ba dang 'grel pa (1990). Also found in Derge Tengyur D3871, dbu ma, vol. 105, la 1b1–40a7. - Other translations

Ils méprisent ceux qui n’ont rien

Et critiquent ceux qui possèdent : Comment des êtres si difficiles à vivre

Pourraient-ils me rendre heureux ?

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

La gente desprecia a aquellos sin riquezas

y de aquellos que las tienen dicen cosas lamentables. ¿Cómo es posible disfrutar en compañía

de tales seres que son tan difíciles de complacer?

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

They criticize those who do not have gain

And are unpleasant to those with gain. How can one be made happy by them

Who are naturally difficult to associate with?

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

Scorn for beings without wealth,

Speaking ill of those with wealth, How could joy arise from association

With those whose nature is hardened?

Chodron & Gyaltsen 2019

A Commentary on Shantideva's Engaging in the Conduct of the Bodhisattvas

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Dūnhuáng §This version is extracted from the book Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra: Entering the Way of the Bodhisattvas (2022, Khenpo Gawang and Wiener), a translation of an edition of the text created from three Dūnhuáng manuscripts. A description and sample pages of these can be found on the Early Tibet Blog. Scans of the actual manuscripts themselves can be found at http://idp.bl.uk

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སེམས་ཅན་རྙེད་པ་མེད་ལ་སྨོད། །

རྙེད་པ་ཅན་ལ་མི་སྙན་བརྗོད། ། རང་བཞིན་འགྲོགས་དཀའ་དེ་དག་གིས། །

དགའ་བ་ཇི་ལྟར་སྐྱེ་བར་འགྱུར། །[p.225]Entering the Way of the Bodhisattvas (2022, Khenpo Gawang and Wiener)
Gawang, Khenpo, and Gerry Wiener, trans. Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra: Entering the Way of the Bodhisattvas by Shantideva - Dunhuang Edition. Memphis, TN: Jeweled Lotus Publishing, 2022.

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There are beings who disparage those lacking wealth

And will even speak unpleasantly to those having wealth. How can such individuals who are by nature difficult to be with

Make me happy?[p.226]Entering the Way of the Bodhisattvas (2022, Khenpo Gawang and Wiener)
Gawang, Khenpo, and Gerry Wiener, trans. Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra: Entering the Way of the Bodhisattvas by Shantideva - Dunhuang Edition. Memphis, TN: Jeweled Lotus Publishing, 2022.

Gawang & Wiener 2022

Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra: Entering the Way of the Bodhisattvas (2022, Khenpo Gawang and Wiener)

Tsadra Critical Edition §This text was created by comparing four versions of the text from Derge, Cone, Narthang, and Peking Tengyurs from BDRC scans, along with Dunhuang manuscripts IOL Tib J 628, 629, and 630. When Tibetan readings were problematic, the Sanskrit texts from GRETIL and LTB (Oslo) were consulted.

སེམས་ཅན་རྙེད་པ་མེད་ལ་སྨོད། །

རྙེད་པ་ཅན་ལ་མི་སྙན་བརྗོད། ། རང་བཞིན་འགྲོགས་དཀའ་དེ་དག་གིས། །

དགའ་བ་ཇི་ལྟར་སྐྱེ་བར་འགྱུར། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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