Śāntideva
The short Dunhuang recension of the Bodhicaryāvatāra
Manuscript
The short Dunhuang recension of the Bodhicaryāvatāra
byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa la 'jug pa (recensión de Dunhuang, IOL Tib J 628 + Pelliot tibétain 794; IOL Tib J 629; IOL Tib J 630)
Some 700 stanzas in nine chapters: the second and third chapters of the canonical version form a single one, and many verses of the meditation and wisdom chapters are missing, including those refuting Īśvara and Sāṃkhya. Akira Saito, who studied it in the 1990s, considers it earlier than the long version, which would be an enlargement; the Tibetan catalogue Ldan dkar ma (early ninth century) records a length that fits it.
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Authorship note
Late eighth-century Tibetan translation (Sarvajñādeva and Paltseg) of a shorter Sanskrit version now lost in Sanskrit. The colophon of IOL Tib J 629 attributes it to Akṣayamati, whom sources cited by Saito regard as another name of Śāntideva; Butön already knew that the nine-chapter version was attributed to Akṣayamati.
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English
Śāntideva
A Study of Akṣayamati (= Śāntideva)'s Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra as Found in the Tibetan Manuscripts from Tun-huang
The Conscious LibraryA Study of Akṣayamati (= Śāntideva)'s Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra as Found in the Tibetan Manuscripts from Tun-huang
Mie University, 1993
Translation: Akira Saito (edición y estudio)
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Other works by Śāntideva
- Entering the Way of the Bodhisattva (Bodhicaryāvatāra) · 720
- 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
- van Schaik, Sam. «The original Bodhicaryāvatāra». early Tibet (blog), 4 de febrero de 2014; revisado el 21 de julio de 2021.
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