9.87

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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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एवं स्वप्नोपमे रूपे को रज्येत विचारकः। कायश्चैवं यदा नास्ति तदा का स्त्री पुमांश्च कः॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

87

In this way, form is like a dream. Who could feel passion for it, once he has examined it correctly? If the body is not, then who is female, who is male?

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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དེ་ལྟར་རྨི་ལམ་ལྟ་བུ་ཡི། །

གཟུགས་ལ་དཔྱོད་ལྡན་སུ་ཞིག་ཆགས། ། གང་ཚེ་དེ་ལྟར་ལུས་མེད་པ། །

དེ་ཚེ་སྐྱེས་གང་བུད་མེད་གང་། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

87

All form, therefore, is like a dream,

And who will be attached to it, who thus investigates? The body, in this way, has no existence;

What, therefore, is male and what is female?

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

So which person who analyzes

Would take delight in dreamlike forms? Once thus the body does not exist,

What is a man and what is a woman? [87]

Brunnhölzl 2004

The Center of the Sunlit Sky

Quel être doué de jugement s’attacherait

À un corps comparable aux [choses vues en] rêve ? Dès lors qu’il n’y a pas de corps,

Qui est mâle ? Qui est femelle ?[p.180]La Marche vers l'Éveil (2007)

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Cualquier forma es, por lo tanto, similar a un sueño.

¿Quién habiéndola analizado podría apegarse a ella? De este modo, puesto que este cuerpo no existe,

¿qué es un varón y qué una hembra?

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Thus, who with discernment, Is attached to a dream-like form?

When the body does not exist in this way At that time who is the man, who is the woman?

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

Thus, they are like a dream, What analytical person would be attached to forms?[p.393]A Commentary on Shantideva's Engaging in the Conduct of the Bodhisattvas
Gyaltsen, Lama Kalsang, and Ani Kunga Chodron, trans. A Commentary on Shantideva's Engaging in the Conduct of the Bodhisattvas Written by Sazang Mati Panchen: Known as An Extremely Clear Illumination of the Meaning of the Text. Walden, NY: Tsechen Kunchab Ling, 2019. First edition published by The Yeshe Dorje Foundation in 2006.

Thus, if there is no body, At that point, who is male or female?

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་བརྟགས་ན་རྨི་ལམ་ལྟའི། །

གཟུགས་ལ་སུ་ཞིག་ཆགས་པར་བྱེད། ། དེ་ལྟར་གང་ཚེ་ལུས་མེད་པ། །

དེ་ཚེ་སྐྱེས་གང་བུད་མེད་གང་། །

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MD: In this way, if one analyzes, the body is like a dream.

Who clings to it? Therefore, at the time there is no body,

How could there be a man or woman?

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་རྨི་ལམ་ལྟ་བུ་ཡི། །

གཟུགས་ལ་དཔྱོད་ལྡན་སུ་ཞིག་ཆགས། ། གང་ཚེ་དེ་ལྟར་ལུས་མེད་པ། །

དེ་ཚེ་སྐྱེས་གང་བུད་མེད་གང་། །

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The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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