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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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रणं जीवितसंदेहं विशन्ति किल जीवितुम्। मानार्थं दासतां यान्ति मूढाः कामविडम्बिताः॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

77

Others make a living by risking their lives on the battlefield. Their own pride drives them to slavery—fools deceived by their passions.

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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འདོད་པས་བསླུས་པའི་གླེན་པ་དག །

འཚོ་འདོད་འཚོ་བར་བྱའོ་ཞེས། ། སྲོག་སྟོར་དོགས་བཞིན་གཡུལ་དུ་འཇུག །

ཁེ་ཕྱིར་བྲན་དུ་འགྲོ་བར་བྱེད། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

77

Fools deceived by craving for a livelihood

Decide that they will make their fortune In the wars, though fearful for their lives.

And seeking gain, it’s slavery they get.

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

Les fous qu’aveugle le désir

Partent à la guerre pour gagner leur vie Tout en craignant de la perdre ;

Ou bien, pour le profit, ils se retrouvent esclaves.

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Otros locos confundidos por su deseo,

aun a costa de perder sus vidas, deciden ir a ganarse la vida a las guerras.

Buscando ganancias se esclavizan.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

The foolish who are deceived by desire

Say, “I desire and shall make a livelihood,” They enter wars despite danger to their lives

And go into servitude for profit.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

Foolish ones deceived by desire

Say they are searching for a livelihood and wish to live, Yet enter the battlefield with the fear of losing their life.

Others agree to be a servant to gain profit.

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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འདོད་པས་བསླུས་པའི་གླེན་པ་དག །

འཚོ་འདོད་འཚོ་བར་བྱའོ་ཞེས། ། སྲོག་སྟོར་དོགས་བཞིན་གཡུལ་དུ་འཇུག །

ཁེ་ཕྱིར་བྲན་དུ་འགྲོ་བར་བྱེད། །

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Fools deceived by desire

Say, “I want to live,” wishing for life. They enter battle while fearful of losing their lives,

And in order to gain victory, obey the orders of others.

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.

འདོད་པས་བསླུས་པའི་གླེན་པ་དག །

འཚོ་འདོད་འཚོ་བར་བྱའོ་ཞེས། ། སྲོག་སྟོར་དོགས་བཞིན་གཡུལ་དུ་འཇུག །

ཁེ་ཕྱིར་བྲན་དུ་འགྲོ་བར་བྱེད། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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