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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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नाहं वसा न च स्वेदो न मेदोऽस्त्राणि नाप्यहम्। न चाहमन्त्रनिर्गुण्डी गूथमूत्रमहं न च॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

58

I am neither the flesh nor the sinews. I am neither heat nor wind. I am neither the orifices nor, in any way, the six consciousnesses.

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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བདག་ནི་ཞག་དང་རྡུལ་མིན་ཏེ། །

གློ་མཆིན་དག་ཀྱང་བདག་མ་ཡིན། ། ནང་ཁྲོལ་གཞན་ཡང་བདག་མིན་ཏེ། །

བདག་ནི་ཕྱི་ས་གཅིན་མ་ཡིན། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

58

The “I” is not the body’s grease or sweat,

The lungs and liver likewise do not constitute it. Neither are the inner organs “I,”

Nor yet the body’s excrement and waste.

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

I am not marrow nor sweat,

Nor am I fat, entrails, Or any of the other inner organs.

I am also not excrement or urine. [58]

Brunnhölzl 2004

The Center of the Sunlit Sky

Je ne suis ni graisse ni sueur ;

Mes poumons ou mon foie ne sont pas moi non plus ; Mes autres viscères ne le sont pas davantage ;

Je ne suis ni excrément ni urine.

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

La grasa o el sudor no son el “yo”,

tampoco los pulmones ni el hígado lo son, no lo son las vísceras ni los órganos internos,

ni tampoco los excrementos ni la orina son el “yo”.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

The self is not the fat or sweat,

And neither the lungs nor liver are the self. The other inner organs are also not the self,

The self is not feces or urine.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

The self is also neither oil nor sweat,

Nor the lungs or liver. The other internal organs are not self;

The self is neither feces nor urine.

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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བདག་ནི་ཞག་དང་རྡུལ་མིན་ཏེ། །

བདག་ནི་གློ་མཆིན་དག་ཀྱང་མིན། ། ནང་གྲོལ་གཞན་ཡང་བདག་མིན་ཏེ། །

བདག་ནི་ཕྱི་ས་གཅིན་མ་ཡིན། །

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MD: The self is neither fat nor sweat.

The lungs and liver are not the self. Furthermore, the other inner organs are not the self.

The self is neither excrement nor urine.

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.

བདག་ནི་ཞག་དང་རྔུལ་མིན་ཏེ། །

གློ་མཆིན་དག་ཀྱང་བདག་མ་ཡིན། ། ནང་ཁྲོལ་གཞན་ཡང་བདག་མིན་ཏེ། །

བདག་ནི་ཕྱི་ས་གཅིན་མ་ཡིན། །

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The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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