8.3

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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.

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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स्नेहान्न त्यज्यते लोको लाभादिषु च तृष्णया। तस्मादेतत्परित्यागे विद्वानेवं विभावयेत्॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

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We are unable to give up the world because of clinging desire, accompanied with our thirst for possessions, fame, and the rest. Therefore, in order to give up this world, and one’s ideas about it, the wise reflect as follows:

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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ཆགས་པའི་ཕྱིར་དང་རྙེད་སོགས་ལ། །

སྲེད་པས་འཇིག་རྟེན་མི་སྤོང་ཏེ། ། དེ་བས་འདི་དག་ཡོངས་སྤོངས་ལ། །

མཁས་པས་འདི་ལྟར་དཔྱད་པར་བྱ། །

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

3

Because of loved ones and desire for gain,

We fail to turn away from worldly things. These, then, are the first things to renounce.

The prudent should conduct themselves like this.

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

C’est par attachement et soif de biens matériels

Que l’on ne renonce pas au monde. Le sage se détachera donc de ces choses

En procédant comme suit.[p.134]La Marche vers l'Éveil (2007)

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Debido al apego a los seres queridos y al deseo de ganancias

no se abandonan las actividades mundanas. Por eso, éstos se han de abandonar por completo.

El sabio ha de proceder de este modo.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Due to attachment and craving for gain And the like, one does not give up the fleeting world.

Therefore, to abandon these perfectly, The skilful will act thus.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

The world is not discarded

Due to craving for material gain and attachment, Therefore, completely abandon them.

The wise must practice in the following way:

Chodron & Gyaltsen 2019

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

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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.

ཆགས་པའི་ཕྱིར་དང་རྙེད་སོགས་ལ། །

སྲེད་པས་འཇིག་རྟེན་མི་སྤོང་སྟེ། ། དེ་བས་འདི་དག་ཡོངས་སྤོངས་ལ། །

མཁས་པས་འདི་ལྟར་དཔྱད་པར་བྱ། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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