3.8 For all those ailing in the world,
Until their every sickness has been healed,
May I myself become for them
The doctor, nurse, the medicine itself.
3.9 Raining down a flood of food and drink,
May I dispel the ills of thirst and famine.
And in the aeons marked by scarcity and want,
May I myself appear as drink and sustenance.
3.10 For sentient beings, poor and destitute,
May I become a treasure ever plentiful,
And lie before them closely in their reach,
A varied source of all that they might need.
3.11 My body, thus, and all my goods besides,
And all my merits gained and to be gained,
I give them all and do not count the cost,
To bring about the benefit of beings.
3.12 Nirvana is attained by giving all,
Nirvana is the object of my striving;
And all my be surrendered in a single instant,
Therefore it is best to give it all to others.
3.13 This body I have now resigned
To serve the pleasure of all living beings.
Let them ever kill, despise, and beat it,
Using it according to their wish.
3.14 And though they treat it like a toy,
Or make of it the butt of every mockery,
My body has been given up to them.
Why should I make so much of it?
3.15 And so let beings do to me
Whatever does not bring them injury.
Whenever they may think of me,
Let this not fail to bring them benefit.
3.16 And if in my regard they have
A thought of anger or respect,
May these states always be the cause
Whereby their good and wishes are fulfilled.
3.17 All those who slight me to my face,
Or do to me some other evil,
Even if they blame or slander me,
May they attain the fortune of enlightenment!
Shantideva
From the Way of the Bodhisattva
Skt. Bodhicaryavatara