9.109

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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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विचारितेन तु यदा विचारोऽन्येन विचार्यते। तदानवस्था तस्यापि विचारस्य विचारणात्॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

109

An Objector Interjects: But if your critique is based on the same arguments that you criticize, then your conclusion is groundless, insofar as your critique would also be its own critique.

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་ཚེ་རྣམ་པར་དཔྱད་པ་ཡི། །

རྣམ་དཔྱོད་ཀྱིས་ནི་དཔྱོད་བྱེད་ན། ། དེ་ཚེ་རྣམ་དཔྱོད་དེ་ཡང་ནི། །

རྣམ་དཔྱོད་ཕྱིར་ན་ཐུག་པ་མེད། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

109

“But when,” you say, “the process of analysis

Is made, in turn, the object of our scrutiny, This investigation likewise may be analyzed,

And thus we find an infinite regress.”[p.153]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

If what has been analyzed

Is analyzed through further analysis, There is no end to it,

Because that analysis would be analyzed too. [109]

Brunnhölzl 2004

The Center of the Sunlit Sky

- Dès lors que l’analyse approfondie elle-même

Est soumise à l’analyse, Cette dernière pourra l’être aussi

Au risque de régresser à l’infini.

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

“Pero cuando —decís— el proceso de análisis,

a su vez, se vuelve el objeto de nuestro análisis, este análisis asimismo puede ser analizado

y así nos encontramos en una regresión infinita”.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

When the investigating

Analysis analyses, When also the analysis is,

By analysis, then it has no end.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

If it is necessary to examine

Analytical thought through analysis, That also needs to be examined by another analysis,

Therefore, the analysis is endless.

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.

གང་ཚེ་རྣམ་པར་དཔྱད་པ་ཡི། །

རྣམ་དཔྱོད་ཀྱིས་ནི་དཔྱོད་བྱེད་ན། ། དེ་ཚེ་རྣམ་དཔྱོད་དེ་ཡང་ནི། །

རྣམ་དཔྱོད་ཕྱིར་ན་ཐུག་པ་མེད། །

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The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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