009-Tsadra-BCA-Root-Gomez/8 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

Therefore, virtue is always the weaker, whereas the force of evil is powerful and terrifying. What other good could overcome this evil if the thought of awakening never arose?

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1

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6

RootTextVerseNumPadmaK

1.6

Sanskrit

तस्माच्छुभं दुर्बलमेव नित्यं

बलं तु पापस्य महत्सुघोरम्। तज्जीयतेऽन्येन शुभेन केन

संबोधिचित्तं यदि नाम न स्यात्॥

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SktTransliteration

tasmācchubhaṃ durbalameva nityaṃ

balaṃ tu pāpasya mahatsughoram। tajjīyate’nyena śubhena kena

saṃbodhicittaṃ yadi nāma na syāt॥

TranslationChapter

1

TranslationPageNumber

397

ChantedAudio File:Bodhisvara BCA Chapter 1 Verse 6.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
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