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Discourse on Goodwill
May all beings be filled with joy
and peace.
May all beings everywhere,
The strong and the weak, The great and the small,
The mean and the powerful,
The short and the long,
The subtle and the gross:
May all beings everywhere,
Seen and unseen,
Dwelling far off or nearby,
Being or waiting to become:
May all be filled with lasting joy.
Let no one deceive another,
Let no one anywhere despise another,
Let no one out of anger or resentment
Wish suffering on anyone at all.
Just as a mother with her own life
Protects her child, her only child, from harm,
So within yourself let grow
A boundless love for all creatures.
Let you love flow outward through
the universe,
To its heights, its depth, its broad extent,
A limitless love, without hatred or enmity.
Then as you stand or walk,
Sit or lie down,
As long as you are awake,
Strive for this with a one-pointed mind;
Your life will bring heaven to earth.
(Sutta Nipata)
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Refuge Prayer
In the Sugatas of the Three Roots, the true Three Jewels,
In the bodhichitta, nature of the channels, energies and essences
And in the mandala of essential nature, natural expression and
compassion,
I take refuge until I reach the heart of enlightenment.
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