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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.

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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स्वच्छन्दचार्यनिलयः प्रतिबद्धो न कस्यचित्। यत्संतोषसुखं भुङ्क्ते तदिन्द्रस्यापि दुर्लभम्॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

88

Even the god Indra6King of the gods. would not be able to attain the satisfaction and happiness enjoyed by one who wanders homeless at his own pleasure, bound to no one.

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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རང་དབང་སྤྱོད་ཅིང་ཆགས་མེད་ལ། །

གང་དང་ཡང་ནི་འབྲེལ་མེད་པར། ། ཆོག་ཤེས་བདེ་སྤྱད་གང་ཡིན་པ། །

དབང་པོས་ཀྱང་ནི་དེ་རྙེད་དཀའ། །

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

88

To have such liberty unmarred by craving,

Loosed from every bond and tie— A life of such contentment and such pleasure,

Even Indra would be pressed to find![p.122]The Way of the Bodhisattva (2006)
Blankleder, Helena, and Wulstan Fletcher (Padmakara Translation Group), trans. The Way of the Bodhisattva: A Translation of the Bodhicharyāvatāra. By Śāntideva. Rev. ed. Shambhala Classics. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2006.

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

Être libre, sans le moindre attachement

Et sans aucun lien avec quoi que ce soit, Voilà un bonheur et une satisfaction

Qu’Indra lui-même aurait du mal à obtenir.

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Disfrutar de esa libertad desprovista de apego,

desligados de cualquier vínculo o atadura: una vida con esa satisfacción y esa dicha

incluso a Indra le es difícil encontrar.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Acting independently and without attachment,

Unrelated to anybody, Enjoying the happiness of contentment,

This is difficult to find even for the powerful.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

Enjoying freely and with detachment

With no connection occurring again, Experiencing happiness and contentment

Hard for even Indra to find.

Chodron & Gyaltsen 2019

A Commentary on Shantideva's Engaging in the Conduct of the Bodhisattvas

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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.

རང་དབང་[p.105-1-27a]སྤྱོད་ཅིང་ཆགས་མེད་ལ། །

གང་དང་ཡང་ནི་འབྲེལ་མེད་པ། ། ཆོག་ཤེས་བདེ་སྤྱོད་གང་ཡིན་པ། །

དབང་པོས་ཀྱང་ནི་དེ་རྙེད་དཀའ། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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