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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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सर्वात्मना चेत्सर्वत्र स्थितः कायः करादिषु। कायास्तावन्त एव स्युर्यावन्तस्ते करादयः॥

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Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

81

If the body is present in its totality in every part—such as in the hands, etc.—then there would be as many bodies as there are hands and other bodily parts.

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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གལ་ཏེ་བདག་ཉིད་ཀུན་གྱི་ལུས། །

ལག་སོགས་རྣམས་ལ་གནས་ན་ནི། ། ལག་སོགས་དེ་དག་ཇི་སྙེད་པ། །

དེ་སྙེད་* དེ་སྲིད་ in the source text. ཀྱི་ནི་ལུས་སུ་འགྱུར། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

81

But if the “body,” single and entire

Is present in the hands and other members, However many parts there are, the hands and all the rest,

You’ll find an equal quantity of “bodies.”[p.149]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 the entire body

Were present in the hands and such, There would be as many bodies

As there are hands and so forth. [81]

Brunnhölzl 2004

The Center of the Sunlit Sky

Si le corps se trouve tout entier

Dans les mains et les autres parties, Il y aura autant de corps

Qu’il y a de ces parties.[p.179]La Marche vers l'Éveil (2007)

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Si el cuerpo en su totalidad

está presente en las manos y otros componentes, entonces tendría que haber tantos cuerpos

como manos y demás componentes puedan encontrarse.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

In case the entire entity of the body

Abides in the hands and so forth, However many limbs such as hands,

Are found, they become bodies.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

If one's whole body

Resides in the hand and other parts, There would be as many bodies as parts

Such as the hand, etc.

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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ལག་སོགས་དེ་དག་ཇི་སྙེད་པ། །

དེ་སྙེད་ཀྱི་ནི་ལུས་སུ་འགྱུར། ། ལུས་ནི་ལག་སོགས་ནང་གནས་ན། །

བཀབ་པ་ཇི་ལྟར་སྣང་བར་འགྱུར། །[p.267]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: Then there are as many bodies

As there are hands and so forth. If the body abides inside the hands and so forth,

Then being hidden, how can it appear?[p.268]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.

གལ་ཏེ་བདག་ཉིད་ཀུན་གྱི་ལུས། །

ལག་སོགས་རྣམས་ལ་གནས་ན་ནི། ། ལག་སོགས་དེ་དག་ཇི་སྙེད་པ། །

དེ་སྙེད་ཀྱི་ནི་ལུས་སུ་འགྱུར། །

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The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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