Consider others in the same way you think to care for yourself. Verse 11 of the 37 verses says, All suffering comes from the wish for your own happiness.Perfect Buddhas are born from the thought to help others.Therefore exchange your own happinessFor the suffering of others—This…
Verse 10 of the 37 verses encourages us to consider everyone your mother. It says, “Every being has cared for you as your mother. If they all suffer for time without end, how can you be happy? To free beings without limit, Give rise to awakening…
Verse 9 encourages us to aspire to liberation. It reads, Like dew on the tip of a blade of grass, pleasures of the three worlds last only a while and then vanish.Aspire to the never-changing supreme state of liberation—This is the practice of bodhisattvas. What does…
Verse 8 says, “The suffering in the lower realms is extremely hard to endure. The sage says it is the result of destructive actions. For that reason, even if your life is at risk, Don’t engage in destructive actions- this is the practice of a bodhisattva.”…