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?

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.

The source of all happiness lies in thinking of others.

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.

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

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