9.83

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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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तन्नास्ति कायो मोहात्तु कायबुद्धिः करादिषु। संनिवेशविशेषेण स्थाणौ पुरुषबुद्धिवत्॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

83

There is no body, but through an illusion one forms the mental representation of a body with respect to the hands and the rest, because of a specific conjunction of conditions, as when one sees a person where there is only a post through the effects of fog or darkness.

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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དེས་ན་ལུས་མེད་ལག་སོགས་ལ། །

རྨོངས་པ་ཡིས་ནི་ལུས་བློར་འགྱུར། ། དབྱིབས་སུ་བཀོད་པའི་ཁྱད་པར་གྱིས། །

ཐོ་ཡོར་ལ་ནི་མི་བློ་བཞིན། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

83

Thus there is no “body.” It is through illusion,

With regard to hands and other parts, that “body” as a notion is conceived— Just as on account of its specific shape

A pile of stones is taken for a man.

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, the body does not exist, but one perceives a body

In the hands and so on due to ignorance, Just as one may perceive a human being in some pile

Because of its specific configuration. [83]

Brunnhölzl 2004

The Center of the Sunlit Sky

Le corps n’existe donc pas au-delà de l’idée

Que l’ignorance s’en fait sur ses parties, De même que, à l’aspect de sa silhouette,

Un épouvantail évoque un homme.

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Así pues no hay cuerpo. La noción de cuerpo se concibe

debido al engaño con respecto a las manos y otras partes, del mismo modo que a un montón de piedras dispuestas

en una forma determinada se las toma por “un hombre”.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Then, there is no body. Body awareness is generated

Through delusion regarding the hands and other parts, Similarly to awareness of a person generated for

A scarecrow through the specific shape it is placed in.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

Therefore, there is no body. In mental delusion the hands, etc. appear as the body,

Just like a specific configuration in a human shape Is perceived as a human being.

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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དབྱིབས་སུ་བཀོད་པའི་ཁྱད་བར་གྱིས། །

ཤིང་ལ་སྐྱེས་བུའི་བློ་འབྱུང་བཞིན། ། ཇི་སྲིད་རྐྱེན་ནི་ཚོགས་གྱུར་པ། །

དེ་སྲིད་མི་ཡི་ལུས་བློ་འབྱུང་། །

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MD: Through a particular arrangement of shapes,

A tree will arise in mind as an individual. Like that, as long as there is a particular set of circumstances,

A human body will arise in mind.

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.

དེས་ན་ལུས་མེད་ལ་སོགས་ལ། །

རྨོངས་པ་ཡིས་ནི་ལུས་བློར་འགྱུར། ། དབྱིབས་སུ་བཀོད་པའི་ཁྱད་པར་གྱིས། །

ཐོ་ཡོར་ལ་ནི་མི་བློ་བཞིན། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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