A general investigation of published Tibetan language documents from Dunhuang collected in the French National Library and British Library confirms that there are 6 extant manuscripts(2 of which have only recently been identified) of the Bodhicaryavatara(A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life). There are additionally 4 fragmental documents that have been spliced together and separated into two groups based on content,special markings, pagination, format, and calligraphic style. By completing the basic labor of identification and organization of manuscript fragments, this study has laid a foundation for future philological research of the Bodhicaryavatarain Tibetan script.
