1. Padma Karpo's Commentary to the Entering the Bodhisatva's Conduct
Translation and Introduction by Tony Duff
Padma Karpo wrote an extensive commentary to Entering the Conduct called "A Lamp for the Path of the Middle Way, A Bitwise Commentary on Entering the Conduct".  We are pleased to present here a fine translation of the commentary.  The translation comes with an introduction that makes some key points about translation of terms and fully introduces the work.

The work, which is in PDF form, is fully typeset to highest commercial quality and could be printed and bound for your own use as a book or can be read electronically as provided.

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2. The Tibetan Text of Padma Karpo's Commentary: Electronic Edition
Padma Karpo's commentary is a bitwise commentary (which is explained in the introduction to the translation, see below).  It incorporates Shantideva's text in its entirety by weaving a commentary around the main words and phrases of the text.  To assist you with your studies, we have made the Tibetan text of the commentary available and have marked off the words of Shantideva's root text with a highlight in the Tibetan text.  You can obtain the electronic edition of the commentary from our free Tibetan texts page or with the download button just below.

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3. The Tibetan Text of Entering the Bodhisatva's Conduct: Electronic Edition
You can obtain a critical electronic edition of the Tibetan text of Shantideva's work to help you with your studies by downloading an electronic edition here and also here here.  The text comes with specialized software that will allow you to search, print, and so on, with ease.  Furthermore, you can use our dictionaries to look up words as you look at the text.