9.79

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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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न हस्तौ नाप्ययं पार्श्वौ न कक्षौ नांसलक्षणः। न ग्रीवा न शिरः कायः कायोऽत्र कतरः पुनः॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

79

It is not the hands, nor the sides of the body; nor is it the armpits, the shoulders, the neck, or the head. Which one among these parts is the body?

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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རྩིབ་ལོགས་ལག་པའང་ལུས་མིན་ཏེ། །

མཆན་ཁུང་ཕྲག་པའང་ལུས་མ་ཡིན། ། ནང་ཁྲོལ་རྣམས་ཀྱང་དེ་མིན་ལ། ། མགོ་དང་མགྲིན་པའང་ལུས་མིན་ན། །

འདི་ལ་ལུས་ནི་གང་ཞིག་ཡིན། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

79

The body is not ribs or hands,

Armpits, shoulders, bowels, or entrails. It is not the head, and it is not the throat.

What is the “body,” then, in all of this?

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

Hands and sides are not the body,

Nor are armpits or inner organs. Also head and neck are not the body.

So if it is none of these, what is this body? [79]

Brunnhölzl 2004

The Center of the Sunlit Sky

Les côtes ou les mains ne sont pas le corps,

Les aisselles ou les épaules non plus ; Les poumons, le cœur et les autres entrailles ne le sont pas davantage, De même que la tête ni le cou ne le sont.

Mais alors, qu’est-ce que le corps ?

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Ni las costillas ni las manos ni las axilas

ni los hombros ni tampoco las entrañas son el cuerpo. La cabeza no es el cuerpo ni lo es el cuello.

¿Qué es lo que es el cuerpo entre todo esto?

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

The armpits and shoulders are also not the body,

The internal organs are also not it. If also the head and neck are not the body,

Then what of this is the body?

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

The ribs and arms are not the body;

Nor are the armpits or shoulders the body; None of the internal organs are the body; If the head and neck are also not the body.

So here, what is the body?

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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ལུས་ནི་མགོ་དང་མགྲིན་མིན་ཏེ། །

འདི་ལ་ལུས་གཞན་གང་ཞིག་ཡིན། ། གལ་ཏེ་ལུས་འདི་ཐམས་ཆད་ལ། །

ཆ་རེ་ཞིག་གིས་གནས་གྱུར་ན། །

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MD: The head and neck also are not the body.

What is the body that is other than the parts? If the body encompasses all of its parts,

Then it abides in each part.

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.

རྩིབ་ལོགས་ལག་པའང་ལུས་མིན་ཏེ། །

མཆན་ཁུང་ཕྲག་པའང་ལུས་མ་ཡིན། ། ནང་ཁྲོལ་རྣམས་[p.105-1-33b]ཀྱང་དེ་མིན་ལ། ། མགོ་དང་མགྲིན་པའང་ལུས་མིན་ན། །

འདི་ལ་ལུས་ནི་གང་ཞིག་ཡིན། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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