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Through these actions now performed
And all the virtues I have gained,
May the pain of every living being
Be wholly scattered and destroyed!

For all those ailing in the world,
Until their every sickness has been healed,
May I myself become for them
The doctor, nurse, the medicine itself.

Raining down a flood of food and drink,
May I dispel the ills of thirst and famine.
And in the aeons marked by scarcity and want,
May I myself appear as drink and sustenance.

For sentient beings, poor and destitute,
May I become a treasure ever-plentiful,
And lie before them closely in their reach,
A varied source of all that they might need.

My body thus, and all my goods besides,
And all my merits gained and to be gained,
I give them all and do not count the cost,
To bring about the benefit of beings.

Nirvana is attained by giving all,
Nirvana is the object of my striving:
And all must be surrendered in a single instant,
Therefore it is best to give it all to others.

This body I have now resigned
To serve the pleasure of all living beings.
Let them ever kill, despise, and beat it,
Using it according to their wish.

And though they treat it like a toy,
Or make it the butt of every mockery,
My body has been given up to them.
Why should I make so much of it?

And so let beings do to me
Whatever does not bring them injury.
Whatever they think of me,
Let this not fail to bring them benefit.

And if in my regard they have
A thought of anger or respect,
May these states always be the cause
Whereby their good and wishes are fulfilled.

All those who slight me to my face
Or do to me some other evil,
Even if they blame or slander me,
May they attain the fortune of enlightenment!

May I be a guard for those who are protectorless,
A guide for those who journey on the road.
For those who wish to cross the water,
May I be a boat, a raft, a bridge.

May I be an isle for those who yearn for land,
A lamp for those who long for light;
For all those who need a resting place, a bed;
For those who need a servant, may I be their slave.

May I be the wishing jewel, the vase of wealth,
A word of power and the supreme healing,
May I be the tree of miracles,
For every being the abundant cow.

Just like the earth and space itself
And all the other mighty elements,
For boundless multitudes of beings
May I always be the ground of life, the source of varied sustenance.

Thus for everything that lives,
As far as are the limits of the sky,
May I constantly be their source of livelihood
Until they pass beyond all sorrow

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And now as long as space endures,
As long as there are beings to be found,
May I continue likewise to remain
To drive away the sorrows of the world.

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-shantideva, 'guide to a bodhisattva's way of life'

the whole text is unbelievably beautiful, worth many reads imo

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Leave your home land - this is the practice of a Bodhisattva.

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If once it finds its inner happiness it will not wander outward.

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The Chronic said:
i am none of my parts - me

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