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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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ज्ञेयात्पूर्वं यदि ज्ञानं किमालम्ब्यास्य संभवः। ज्ञेयेन सह चेज्ज्ञानं किमालम्ब्यास्य संभवः॥

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Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

104

If cognition existed before the cognizable object arose, then by depending on what object did the cognition come into existence? If cognition arose simultaneously with its object, by depending on what object did it come into existence?

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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ཤེས་བྱ་ལས་སྔར་ཤེས་ཡོད་ན། །

དེ་ནི་ཅི་ལ་དམིགས་ནས་སྐྱེ། ། ཤེས་དང་ཤེས་བྱ་ལྷན་ཅིག་ན། །

དེ་ནི་ཅི་ལ་དམིགས་ནས་སྐྱེ། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

104

If consciousness precedes the cognized object,

With regard to what does it arise? If consciousness arises at the same time as its object,

Again, regarding what does it arise?

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

If consciousness came before the knowable object,

Based on what would it arise?[p.731]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. If it were together with the knowable object,

Based on what would it arise? [104]

Brunnhölzl 2004

The Center of the Sunlit Sky

Si la conscience est antérieure à son objet,

Quel est son point d’appui pour naître ? Si elle lui est simultanée,

Quel est-il encore ?

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Si la consciencia precede al objeto cognoscible,

¿a qué se debe su aparición? Si la consciencia surge al mismo tiempo que su objeto,

de nuevo, ¿a qué se debe su aparición?

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

If consciousness exists before the object of knowledge,

In reference to which object is it generated? If consciousness and the object of knowledge are simultaneous,

In reference to which object is it generated?

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

If the knower is prior to the known,

Upon what observation does it arise? If the knower and known are simultaneous,

Upon what observation does it arise?

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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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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ཤེས་དང་ཤེས་བྱ་ལྷན་གཅིག་ན། །

དེ་ནི་ཅི་ལ་དམིགས་ཏེ་སྐྱེ། ། ཤེས་བྱ་དུས་ན་དེ་ཡོད་ན། །

ཤེས་བྱས་དེ་ལ་ཅི་ཞིག་བྱ། །[p.273]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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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?

MD: If consciousness and its object arise simultaneously,

Then, how does the observation arise? If consciousness arises after the time of the object,

Then, what does the object do to the consciousness?[p.274]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.

ཤེས་བྱ་[p.105-1-34b]ལས་སྔར་ཤེས་ཡོད་ན། །

དེ་ནི་ཅི་ལ་དམིགས་ནས་སྐྱེ། ། ཤེས་དང་ཤེས་བྱ་ལྷན་ཅིག་ན། །

དེ་ནི་ཅི་ལ་དམིགས་ནས་སྐྱེ། །

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The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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