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Entering the Way of the Bodhisattva (Bodhicaryāvatāra)
बोधिचर्यावतार (Bodhicaryāvatāra; también Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra) · tib. བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའི་སྤྱོད་པ་ལ་འཇུག་པ། (byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa la 'jug pa) · chino 入菩薩行論 / 菩提行經
A Sanskrit poem in ten chapters tracing the bodhisattva's path: praise of the mind of awakening (bodhicitta), confession, taking the vow, mindfulness and vigilance, patience, effort, meditation—with the practice of equalising and exchanging self and others—, wisdom (a Madhyamaka exposition arguing with realists, Yogācāra and Sāṃkhya) and dedication. Written in the first person, it blends exhortation, confession and argument; it is the most studied Mahāyāna text in Tibetan Buddhism and one of the most translated into Western languages.
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Authorship note
Authorship by Śāntideva accepted by the whole Indian and Tibetan tradition. The canonical version (some 913 stanzas, ten chapters) is an enlargement of a shorter recension preserved at Dunhuang (see next work). The Chinese translation (Taishō 1662) attributes it to Nāgārjuna.
Editions and translations
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English
Entering the Way of the Bodhisattva: A New Translation and Contemporary Guide
Shambhala, 2021
Translation: Khenpo David Karma Choephel
ISBN 9781611808629
Śāntideva
The Bodhicaryāvatāra
The Conscious LibraryThe Bodhicaryāvatāra
Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics), 2008
Translation: Kate Crosby y Andrew Skilton
ISBN 9780199540433
The Way of the Bodhisattva
Shambhala, 2006
Translation: Padmakara Translation Group
ISBN 9781590303887
Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life
Tharpa Publications, 2003
Translation: Neil Elliot, bajo la dirección de Gueshe Kelsang Gyatso
ISBN 0948006897
A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life
Snow Lion, 1997
Translation: Vesna A. Wallace y B. Alan Wallace (del sánscrito y del tibetano)
ISBN 1559390611
The Way of the Bodhisattva
Shambhala, 1997
Translation: Padmakara Translation Group (del tibetano)
ISBN 1570622531
Prólogo del Dalái Lama; ed. revisada 2006: 9781590303887.
The Bodhicaryāvatāra
Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics), 1996
Translation: Kate Crosby y Andrew Skilton (del sánscrito)
ISBN 0192829793
Reed. 2008: 9780199540433.
Śāntideva
A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life
The Conscious LibraryA Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life
Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 1979
Translation: Stephen Batchelor (del tibetano)
Śāntideva
Entering the Path of Enlightenment
The Conscious LibraryEntering the Path of Enlightenment
Allen & Unwin, 1971
Translation: Marion L. Matics
ISBN 0042940729
Śāntideva
The Path of Light
The Conscious LibraryThe Path of Light
John Murray (Wisdom of the East), 1909
Translation: Lionel D. Barnett
Primera versión inglesa, abreviada. Digitalizada en Internet Archive.
Français
Śāntideva
Bodhicaryāvatāra. Introduction à la pratique des futurs Bouddhas
The Conscious LibraryBodhicaryāvatāra. Introduction à la pratique des futurs Bouddhas
Bloud, 1907
Translation: Louis de La Vallée Poussin
Primera traducción completa a una lengua europea.
Śāntideva
La Marche à la lumière (Bodhicaryāvatāra)
The Conscious LibraryLa Marche à la lumière (Bodhicaryāvatāra)
Bossard, 1920
Translation: Louis Finot
Texto en Wikisource.
Sánscrito · संस्कृतम्
Śāntideva
Bodhicaryāvatāra of Śāntideva with the commentary Pañjikā of Prajñākaramati
The Conscious LibraryBodhicaryāvatāra of Śāntideva with the commentary Pañjikā of Prajñākaramati
Mithila Institute (Buddhist Sanskrit Texts 12), 1960
Ed. P. L. Vaidya, Darbhanga.
Deutsch
Śāntideva
Eintritt in das Leben zur Erleuchtung (Bodhicaryāvatāra)
The Conscious LibraryEintritt in das Leben zur Erleuchtung (Bodhicaryāvatāra)
Eugen Diederichs, 1981
Translation: Ernst Steinkellner
ISBN 3424006947
Tibetano · བོད་སྐད
Śāntideva
Byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa la 'jug pa
The Conscious LibraryByang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa la 'jug pa
Mtsho sngon mi rigs dpe skrun khang, 1989
ISBN 7542001752
Texto tibetano canónico (Tengyur), Xining.
Español
Guía de las obras del bodhisatva. Un poema budista para la vida moderna
Tharpa Publications (España), 2005
Translation: Versión española de la traducción inglesa de Neil Elliot bajo la dirección de Gueshe Kelsang Gyatso
ISBN 9788493314828
Open Library la cataloga bajo el nombre de Kelsang Gyatso.
La práctica del bodisatva. Una traducción del Bodicharyavatara de Shantideva
Ediciones Dharma, 2008
ISBN 9788496478381
Traductor no verificado en catálogo.
La marcha hacia la luz
Miraguano Ediciones, 2015
ISBN 9788478134373
El título coincide con la versión francesa de Finot (1920); traductor no verificado.
Other works by Śāntideva
- The short Dunhuang recension of the Bodhicaryāvatāra · 790
- The Training Anthology (Śikṣāsamuccaya) · 720
- Verses of the Training Anthology · 720
- Compendium of Sūtras (lost)
- Caryāpada songs signed by Bhusuku
- Prajñākaramati's commentary on the Bodhicaryāvatāra · 1000
- A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night (Dalai Lama) · 1994
- The Nectar of Manjushri's Speech (Kunzang Pelden) · 2007
- No Time to Lose (Pema Chödrön) · 2005
- Altruism and Reality (Paul Williams) · 1998
Sources
- Śāntideva. The Bodhicaryāvatāra. Trad., introd. y notas de Kate Crosby y Andrew Skilton; introducción general de Paul Williams. Oxford: Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics), 1996. ISBN 0192829793.
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