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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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यदि स्वभावदौर्गन्ध्याद्रागो नात्र शिवं ननु। किमनर्थरुचिर्लोकस्तं गन्धेनानुलिम्पति॥

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Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

66

Would it not be more reasonable not to feel passion for what is in itself malodorous? Why is it that human beings will smear it with perfume, so fond of something they really do not like?

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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གལ་ཏེ་རང་བཞིན་དྲི་ང་བས། །

འདི་ལ་མ་ཆགས་ལེགས་མིན་ནམ། ། འཇིག་རྟེན་དོན་མེད་སྲེད་པ་དག །

ཇི་སྟེ་དེ་ལ་དྲི་ཞིམ་སྐུད། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

66

Is it not best to have no lust

For something that by nature stinks? The worldly crave beside their purpose—

Why do they anoint their flesh with pleasant scents?

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 est par nature fétide,

Ne vaut-il pas mieux ne pas s’y attacher ? Mais les hommes, assoiffés

De futilités, le couvrent de parfums.

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Si algo por naturaleza es fétido,

¿no es mejor no desearlo? Pero, el deseo de los seres mundanos no tiene sentido,

¿por qué se perfuman con dulces fragancias?

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

If, “Is it not improper not to be attached to it, Due to its bad smell?”

Why do those who crave the meaningless Transitory world, apply nice scents?

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

If its nature is odorous,

Isn't non-attachment better? Why do the worldly meaninglessly

Desire to anoint it with perfume?

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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གལ་ཏེ་རང་བཞིན་དྲི་ང་བས། །

འདི་ལ་མ་ཆགས་ལེགས་མིན་ནམ། ། འཇིག་རྟེན་དོན་མེད་སྲེད་པ་དག །

ཅི་སྟེ་དེ་ལ་དྲི་ཞིམ་སྐུད། །[p.239]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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Because the scent of the body is naturally bad,

Isn’t it better not to be attached to the body? Worldly ones crave meaningless things.

Why is it that they anoint the body with fragrant scents?[p.240]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.

གལ་ཏེ་རང་བཞིན་དྲི་ང་བས། །

འདི་ལ་མ་ཆགས་ལེགས་མིན་ནམ། ། འཇིག་རྟེན་དོན་མེད་སྲེག་པ་དག །

ཇི་སྟེ་དེ་ལ་དྲི་ཞིམ་སྐུད། །

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The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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