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

It is not possible to control all external events; But, if I simply control my mind what need is there to control other things?

Those desiring to escape from suffering hasten right toward suffering. With the very desire for happiness, out of delusion they destroy their own happiness as if it were an enemy

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.

There is nothing to fear other than my mind.

One should do nothing other than what is directly or indirectly of benefit to living beings.

He who doesn't get rid of the I won't be able to avoid suffering the same way that someone who doesn't get apart from fire can't avoid being burn.