9.53

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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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तदेवं शून्यतापक्षे दूषणं नोपपद्यते। तस्मान्निर्विचिकित्सेन भावनीयैव शून्यता॥

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Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

53

Since emptiness is the countermeasure to the darkness of the obscuration of what is cognized and the obscuration by the defilements, how is it that one who desires Omniscience does not make haste to meditate upon it?

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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དེ་ལྟར་སྟོང་པ་ཉིད་ཕྱོགས་ལ། །

སུན་[p.110]Byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa la 'jug pa rtsa ba dang 'grel pa (1990)
Slob dpon zhi ba lha and Mkhan po kun dpal. Byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa la 'jug pa rtsa ba dang 'grel pa. Khreng tu'u: Si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang, 1990. འབྱིན་པ་ནི་འཐད་མ་ཡིན། ། དེས་ན་ཐེ་ཚོམ་མི་ཟ་བར། །

སྟོང་པ་ཉིད་ནི་བསྒོམ་པར་བྱ། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

53

Therefore it is incorrect

To find fault with this view of emptiness. And so, with every doubt abandoned,

We should meditate on it![p.145]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

Thus, one cannot uphold any faultfinding

In the thesis of emptiness. Therefore, you should meditate on emptiness

Without entertaining any doubts. [53]

Brunnhölzl 2004

The Center of the Sunlit Sky

Ainsi les critiques dirigées contre

La vacuité s’avèrent infondées Et il s’impose de méditer sur la vacuité

Sans la moindre hésitation.

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Por lo tanto, todas las críticas

a la vacuidad son infundadas. Y así, libres de cualquier duda

hemos de meditar en la vacuidad.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Thus it is not valid

To repudiate the side of emptiness. Then, free from doubt

Meditate on emptiness.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

Thus it is unsuitable

To criticize emptiness. Therefore, without any doubt,

Meditate emptiness.

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་ལྟར་སྟོང་པ་ཉིད་ཕྱོགས་ལ། །

སུན་འབྱིན་པ་ནི་འཐད་མ་ཡིན། ། དེ་བས་ཐེ་ཚོམ་མེད་པར་ནི། །

སྟོང་པ་ཉིད་ལ་བསྒོམ་བར་གྱིས། །

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MD: In that way the refutation of emptiness

Is not reasonable. Therefore, not being consumed by doubt,

One should meditate on emptiness.

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.

དེ་ལྟར་སྟོང་པ་ཉིད་ཕྱོགས་ལ། །

སུན་འབྱིན་པ་ནི་འཐད་མ་ཡིན། ། དེས་ན་ཐེ་ཚོམ་མི་ཟ་བར། །

སྟོང་པ་ཉིད་ནི་བསྒོམ་པར་བྱ། །

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