A GUIDE FOR THOSE ON THE PATH

A BOAT, A RAFT, A BRIDGE FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO CROSS THE FLOOD

MAY I BE A LAMP IN THE DARKNESS

A RESTING PLACE FOR THE WEARY

A HEALING MEDICINE FOR ALL WHO ARE SICK

A VASE OF PLENTY, A TREE OF MIRACLES

AND FOR THE BOUNDLESS MULTITUDES OF LIVING BEINGS

MAY I BRING SUSTENANCE AND AWAKENING

ENDURING LIKE THE EARTH AND SKY

UNTIL ALL BEINGS ARE FREED FROM SORROW

AND ALL ARE AWAKENED

- SHANTIDEVA, INDIAN BUDDHIST SAGE

  700 A.D.