009-Tsadra-BCA-Root-Gomez/712 ID: 009-Tsadra-BCA-Root-Gomez <br> Date: 31 March 2025 <br> Creator: Migmar;Gwen;Dawa;Jeremi <br> Origin: Tsadra Foundation

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English

An Objector Interjects: Then, buddhas also must be like phantoms. How can one derive merit from worshipping the Victorious Conqueror if he is like a magical creation? The Author Replies: In the same manner, how could you derive merit from this even if he were a real entity? An Objector Interjects: If living beings are like magical creations, how can they be reborn after death?

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9

RootTextVerseNum

9

RootTextVerseNumPadmaK

9.9

Sanskrit

मायोपमाज्जिनात्पुण्यं सद्भावेऽपि कथं यथा। यदि मायोपमः सत्त्वः किं पुनर्जायते मृतः॥

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712

SktTransliteration

māyopamājjinātpuṇyaṃ sadbhāve’pi kathaṃ yathā। yadi māyopamaḥ sattvaḥ kiṃ punarjāyate mṛtaḥ॥

TranslationChapter

9

TranslationPageNumber

433

ChantedAudio File:Bodhisvara BCA chapter 9 verse 9.mp3


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SourceTitleTibetan བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའི་སྤྱོད་པ་ལ་འཇུག་པ་
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TranslationCitation Gómez, Luis O., trans. "How to Be a Bodhisattva: Introduction to the Practice of the Bodhisattva Path (The Bodhicaryāvatāra)." In Norton Anthology of World Religions: Buddhism, edited by Donald S. Lopez Jr., 395–441. New York: Norton, 2017.
TranslationPublishedYear 2017
TranslationWikiPage Articles/How to Be a Bodhisattva: Introduction to the Practice of the Bodhisattva Path (The Bodhicaryāvatāra)
Translator Gomez, L.
TransMemCreator Migmar;Gwen;Dawa;Jeremi
TransMemDate 31 March 2025
TransMemID 009-Tsadra-BCA-Root-Gomez
TransMemNum 009
TransMemOrigin Tsadra Foundation
TransMemType Root verses