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Full Acceptance of the Awakening Mind

7/15/2020

 
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With folded hands,  I beseech
The Buddhas of all directions
To shine the lamp of Dharma
For all bewildered in  misery's gloom.

With folded hands, I beseech
The Conquerors who wish to pass away
To  please remain for countless aeons,
And not to leave the world in darkness.

Thus by the virtue collected
Through all that I have done,
May the pain of every living creature
Be completely cleared away.

May I be the doctor, the medicine
And may I be the nurse
For all sick beings in the world,
Until everyone is healed.

May a rain of food and drink descend
To clear away the pain of thirst and hunger,
And during the aeon of famine
May I myself change into food and drink.

May I become an inexhaustible treasure
For those who are poor and destitute;
May I turn into all things they could need
And be placed close beside them.

Shantideva, Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life
Chapter 3 - Full Acceptance of the Awakening Mind
Verses 5 - 10

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