May I be a light for those in need of light. May I be a bed for those in need of rest. May I be a servant for those in need of service, for all embodied beings.

All the happiness there is in this world Arises from wishing others to be happy. And all the suffering there is in this world Arises from wishing oneself to be happy.

Why be unhappy about something if it can be remedied? And what is the use of being unhappy about something if it cannot be remedied?

May the pain of every living creature be completely cleared away. May I be the doctor and the medicine and may I be the nurse for all sick beings in the world until everyone is healed.

In the ages marked by scarcity and want, may I myself appear as drink and sustenance.

The renunciation of doing harm is the perfection of discipline

Partake of this sacred mystery: to take the place of others, giving them his own.