9.101

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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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न चास्ति वेदकः कश्चिद्वेदनातो न तत्त्वतः। निरात्मके कलापेऽस्मिन् क एवं बाध्यतेऽनया॥

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Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

101

The mind is not positioned in the sense faculties, nor in form or the other aggregates, nor in the space in between. The mind is found neither internally nor externally, nor anywhere else either.

Crosby & Skilton 2002

The Bodhicaryāvatāra: A Guide to the Buddhist Path to Awakening

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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ཚོར་པོ་འགའ་ཡང་ཡོད་མིན་ཏེ། །

དེས་ན་ཚོར་བ་དེ་ཉིད་མིན། ། དེ་ལྟར་བདག་མེད་ཚོགས་འདི་ལ། །

འདི་ཡིས་ཅི་སྟེ་གནོད་པར་བྱས། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

101

The agent of sensation has no real existence,

Thus sensation, likewise, has no being. What damage, therefore, can sensation do to it—

This aggregate deprived of self?

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

There is no experiencer of feelings at all. Therefore, in true reality, there are no feelings. [101ab]

So what in this collection without any identity Could be harmed by them? [101cd][p.728]The Center of the Sunlit Sky
Brunnhölzl, Karl. The Center of the Sunlit Sky: Madhyamaka in the Kagyü Tradition. Including a translation of Pawo Rinpoche's commentary on the knowledge section of Śāntideva's The Entrance to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life (Bodhicaryāvatāra). Nitartha Institute Series. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2004.

Brunnhölzl 2004

The Center of the Sunlit Sky

II n’y a pas de sujet sentant

Ni donc, en réalité, de sensation. Comment celle-ci pourrait-elle affecter

Cette combinaison dépourvue de soi ?

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

El perceptor de la sensación no tiene existencia real,

por lo que la sensación tampoco la tiene. ¿Cómo esta sensación puede dañar

a estos agregados carentes de “yo”?

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Since there is absolutely no one with feeling,

Then feeling is not suchness. In this way, how can this collection lacking self

Be harmed by this?

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

If there is no feeler whatsoever, Therefore, there is no feeling itself.[p.399]A Commentary on Shantideva's Engaging in the Conduct of the Bodhisattvas
Gyaltsen, Lama Kalsang, and Ani Kunga Chodron, trans. A Commentary on Shantideva's Engaging in the Conduct of the Bodhisattvas Written by Sazang Mati Panchen: Known as An Extremely Clear Illumination of the Meaning of the Text. Walden, NY: Tsechen Kunchab Ling, 2019. First edition published by The Yeshe Dorje Foundation in 2006.

Therefore how could this selfless composite Be harmed by it?

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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ཚོར་བ་པོ་ཡང་འགའ་མེད་དེ། །

དེ་བས་ཚོར་བ་ཡང་དག་མིན། ། དེ་ལྟར་བདག་མེད་ཚོགས་འདི་ལ། །

སུ་ཞིག་འདི་ཡིས་གནོད་པར་འགྱུར། །

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MD: There is no one who experiences sensation at all,

And therefore, feeling does not ultimately exist. In this way, within this selfless collection,

Who is being harmed by sensation?

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.

ཚོར་པོ་འགའ་ཡང་ཡོད་མིན་ཏེ། །

དེས་ན་ཚོར་བ་དེ་ཉིད་མིན། ། དེ་ལྟར་བདག་མེད་ཚོགས་འདི་ལ། །

འདི་ཡིས་ཅི་སྟེ་གནོད་པར་བྱ། །

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The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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