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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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परात्मसमतामादौ भावयेदेवमादरात्। समदुःखसुखाः सर्वे पालनीया मयात्मवत्॥

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Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

90

First one should cultivate diligently the identification of self and others: “We all are equally subject to pain and pleasure; therefore, I must protect all beings as I protect myself.”

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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བདག་དང་གཞན་དུ་མཉམ་པ་ནི། །

དང་པོ་ཉིད་དུ་འབད་དེ་བསྒོམ། ། བདེ་དང་སྡུག་བསྔལ་མཉམ་པས་ན། །

ཐམས་ཅད་བདག་བཞིན་བསྲུང་བར་བྱ། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

90

Strive at first to meditate

Upon the sameness of yourself and others.97See appendix 2. In joy and sorrow all are equal;

Thus be guardian of all, as of yourself.

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

En premier lieu, efforçons-nous de méditer

Sur l’égalité de soi-même et d’autrui : Puisque nous sommes égaux face au bonheur et à la souffrance,

Protégeons tous les êtres comme nous-mêmes.

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Esfuérzate primero en meditar

en la igualdad de uno mismo y los demás110V. el apéndice II.. En la felicidad y el sufrimiento somos iguales,

protege pues a todos como a ti mismo.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

At first, strive in meditating

On equalizing self and others. Since they are the same in happiness and suffering

Look after others like yourself.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

In the very beginning,

Diligently meditate equality of self and other. Because in happiness and suffering we are equivalent,

Protect everyone as oneself.

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.

བདག་དང་གཞན་དུ་མཉམ་པ་ནི། །

དང་པོ་ཉིད་དུ་འབད་དེ་བསྒོམ། ། བདེ་དང་སྡུག་བསྔལ་མཉམ་པས་ན། །

ཐམས་ཅད་བདག་བཞིན་བསྲུང་བར་བྱ། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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