8.6

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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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अपश्यन्नरतिं याति समाधौ न च तिष्ठति। न च तृप्यति दृष्ट्वापि पूर्ववद्बाध्यते तृषा॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

6

For as long as one does not see the object of one's love, one will find no rest, and thus will not be able to establish concentration. But even if one does see the object of one’s love, one is never sated, and thirst continues to oppress him as before.

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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མ་མཐོང་ནི་དགར་མི་འགྱུར། །

ཡིད་ཀྱང་མཉམ་འཇོག་མི་འགྱུར་ལ། ། མཐོང་ཡང་ངོམས་པར་མི་འགྱུར་བས། །

སྔར་བཞིན་སྲེད་པས་གདུང་བར་འགྱུར། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

6

Not seeing them, their minds will have no joy,

They therefore will not rest in equanimity. But even if they see them, they are not content—

And as before, the pain of longing stays.

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

S’il ne les voit pas, il ne sera pas heureux

Et son esprit ne pourra pas rester posé. S’il les voit, il ne s’en rassasiera point

Et retombera dans les tourments de la soif.

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Si no los ven no estarán contentos,

por lo que no podrán descansar en ecuanimidad. Aunque los vean tampoco estarán satisfechos,

pues como antes, estará presente el dolor del anhelo.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Not seeing it, one will not have joy, And the mind will not enter equipoise.

Although seeing it, one is not satisfied And will be miserable due to craving as before.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

When not seen, joy is not experienced.

The mind does not experience equipoise. When seen, satisfaction does not arise,

And the torment ofcraving occurs as before.

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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མ་མཐོང་ན་ནི་དགའ་མི་འགྱུར། །

ཡིད་ཀྱང་མཉམ་འཇོག་མི་འགྱུར་ལ། ། མཐོང་ཡང་ངོམས་པར་མི་འགྱུར་བས། །

སྔ་བཞིན་སྲེད་པས་གདུང་བར་འགྱུར། །

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If I don’t see them, I am unhappy,

And my mind won’t rest in meditative equipoise. Even seeing them, I won’t be content,

And as before, out of craving, I suffer torment.

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.

མ་མཐོང་ན་ནི་དགར་མི་འགྱུར། །

ཡིད་ཀྱང་མཉམ་འཇོག་མི་འགྱུར་ལ། ། མཐོང་ཡང་ངོམས་པར་མི་འགྱུར་བས། །

སྔར་བཞིན་སྲེད་པས་གདུང་བར་འགྱུར། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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