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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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एवमादीनवो भूयानल्पास्वादस्तु कामिनाम्। शकटं वहतो यद्वत्पशोर्घासलवग्रहः॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

80

These are the long miseries of passionate humans, but their happiness is brief. They are like the beast of burden hauling a cart for only a mouthful of hay.

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་ལྡན་རྣམས་ལ་དེ་ལ་སོགས། །

ཉེས་དམིགས་མང་ལ་མནོག་ཆུང་སྟེ། ། ཤིང་རྟ་འདྲེན་པའི་ཕྱུགས་དག་གིས། །

རྩྭ་ནི་ཁམ་འགའ་ཟོས་པ་བཞིན། །

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

80

They indeed, possessed of many wants,

Will suffer many troubles, all for very little: They’re like the ox that pulls the cart

And catches bits of grass along the way.

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

Nombreuses sont les misères de celui

Qui désire, et ses gains, aussi maigres Que les quelques bouchées d’herbe

Grapillées par le bœuf qui tire son chariot.

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Aquellos llenos de deseos, por muy poco,

padecen muchos problemas. Son como el buey que tira del carro y se lleva a la boca

a lo largo del camino un poco de hierba.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

The desirous have these and many

Other disadvantages and insignificant happiness, Like the ox pulling the cart,

Eating occasionally a little grass.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

Those full of desire

Find many disadvantages and few advantages; Like animals dragging chariots

While eating mouthfuls of grass.

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་ལྡན་རྣམས་ལ་དེ་ལྟ་བུར། །

ཉེས་དམིགས་མང་ལ་མནོག་ཆུང་སྟེ། ། ཤིང་རྟ་འདྲེན་པའི་ཕྱུགས་དག་གིས། །

རྩྭ་ནི་ཁམ་འགའ་ཟོས་པ་བཞིན། །[p.233]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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The manifold faults of those having desire are of little value.

Those having desire are like oxen dragging a chariot, Who subsequently try to eat a few mouthfuls of grass.3And get hit by the chariot

[p.234]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.

འདོད་ལྡན་རྣམས་ལ་དེ་ལ་སོགས། །

ཉེས་དམིགས་མང་ལ་མནོག་ཆུང་སྟེ། ། ཤིང་རྟ་འདྲེན་པའི་ཕྱུགས་དག་གིས། །

རྩྭ་ནི་ཁམ་འགའ་ཟོས་པ་བཞིན། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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