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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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तस्मादेकाकिता रम्या निरायासा शिवोदया। सर्वविक्षेपशमनी सेवितव्या मया सदा॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

38

Therefore, I should always dedicate myself to this sweet solitude, where there is no anxious striving, where peace is born, where distractions are quelled.

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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དེ་བས་ཤིན་ཏུ་མདངས་དགའ་བའི། །

ནགས་ཚལ་ཚེགས་ཆུང་བདེ་སྐྱིད་ཅིང་། ། གཡེང་བ་ཐམས་ཅད་ཞི་བྱེད་པར། །

བདག་ཉིད་གཅིག་པུར་གནས་པར་བྱ། །

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

37

Therefore in these lovely gleaming woods,

With joy that’s marred by few concerns, Where mental wandering will cease,

I will remain in blissful solitude.

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

J’irai donc vivre seul

Dans les forêts délicieuses Où je serai heureux, avec peu de soucis,

Et libre de toute distraction.

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Así, en esos bosques deleitables y espléndidos

con alegría y pocas preocupaciones disfrutaré de la soledad

y todas las distracciones cesarán.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Hence, in the extremely delightful forest

There is little difficulty but bliss and happiness. Pacifying all distraction

I shall remain in solitude.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

Therefore, with great joy

Pleasure, and less hardship in a shady grove, Completely pacify all distractions.

Thus dwell alone with oneself.

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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དེ་བས་ཤིན་ཏུ་མདངས་དགའ་བའི། །

ནགས་ཚལ་ཚེགས་ཆུང་བདེ་སྐྱིད་ཅིང༌། ། གཡེང་བ་ཐམས་ཆད་ཞི་བྱེད་པར། །

བདག་ཉིད་གཅིག་པུ་གནས་པར་བྱ། །

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Therefore, this lustrous and delightful forest,

A place of happiness and little difficulty, Will pacify all distractions.

I must abide there alone.

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.

དེ་བས་ཤིན་ཏུ་མདངས་དགའ་བའི། །

ནགས་ཚལ་ཚེགས་ཆུང་བདེ་སྐྱིད་ཅིང་། ། གཡེང་བ་ཐམས་ཅད་ཞི་བྱེད་པར། །

བདག་ཉིད་གཅིག་པུ་གནས་པར་བྱ། །

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The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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