9.103

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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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यन्न काये न चान्यत्र न मिश्रं न पृथक् क्वचित्। तन्न किंचिदतः सत्त्वाः प्रकृत्या परिनिर्वृताः॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

103

That which is not found in the body, nor elsewhere, nor in both places at the same time or separately, is nothing at all. Therefore, sentient beings are by nature in the state of perfect peace.

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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གང་ཞིག་ལུས་མིན་གཞན་དུའང་མིན། །

འདྲེས་མིན་ལོགས་སུའང་འགར་མེད་པ། ། དེ་ནི་ཅུང་ཟད་མིན་དེའི་ཕྱིར། །

སེམས་ཅན་རང་བཞིན་མྱ་ངན་འདས། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

103

It is not in the body, yet is nowhere else.

It does not merge with it nor stand apart— Something such as this does not exist, not even slightly.

Beings by their nature are beyond the reach of suffering.

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

What exists neither in the body nor elsewhere,

Neither intermingled nor separate, That is just nothing.

Therefore, sentient beings are by nature completely liberated. [103]

Brunnhölzl 2004

The Center of the Sunlit Sky

Ce qui ne se trouve ni dans le corps

Ni ailleurs, ni mêlé ni isolé, Cela n’est absolument rien. Par conséquent,

Les êtres se trouvent naturellement outre-souffrance.

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

No está en el cuerpo, pero tampoco en otra parte.

Ni impregna el cuerpo, ni está aislada de él. Algo así no tiene ni la más mínima existencia.

Los seres por naturaleza están más allá del alcance del sufrimiento.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

It is not the body; it does not exist apart,

It does not mix and it also does not stand alone. Because of not existing in the slightest, therefore

Sentient beings are naturally gone beyond misery.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

Something that has no body, nor anything else,

That is neither mixed, nor anywhere, Is nothing whatsoever.

Therefore, sentient beings' nature is nirvana.[p.400]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.

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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ནང་ནའང་ཡོད་མིན་ཕྱི་ནའང་མེད། །

གཞན་ནའང་སེམས་ནི་ཡོད་མ་ཡིན། ། ལུས་ལ་གང་མེད་གཞན་ནའང་མེད། །

འདྲེས་མིན་ཐ་དད་མ་ཡིན་གང་། །

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དེ་ནི་ཆུང་ཟད་ཡོད་མིན་དེས། །

སེམས་ཅན་རང་བཞིན་མྱ་ངན་འདས། ། ཤེས་བྱ་ལས་ནི་ཤེས་སྔ་ན། །

དེ་ནི་ཅི་ལ་དམིགས་ཏེ་སྐྱེ། །

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MD: Mind does not exist whatsoever in the body

Nor somewhere else. It is not mixed with the body Nor is it separate from the body.

So, what is it?

MD: Since it does not truly exist even a little,

Sentient beings are inherently nirvana. If consciousness exists prior to the appearance of the object,

Then, how does it give rise to observing it?

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.

གང་ཞིག་ལུས་མིན་གཞན་དུ་མིན། །

འདྲེས་མིན་ལོགས་སུའང་འགར་མེད་པ། ། དེ་ནི་ཅུང་ཟད་མིན་དེའི་ཕྱིར། །

སེམས་ཅན་རང་བཞིན་མྱ་ངན་འདས། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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