As long as diseases afflict living beings May I be the doct… - Shantideva

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As long as diseases afflict living beings May I be the doctor, the medicine And also the nurse Who restores them to health.

Shantideva

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Shantideva (sometimes Śāntideva) was an 8th-century Indian Buddhist scholar and adherent of the Prasangika Madhyamaka philosophy, renowned as the author of the Bodhicaryavatara

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Alternative Names: Vushuk Pa • Śāntideva

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In the spiritual energy that relieves The anguish of beings in misery and Places depressed beings in eternal joy I lift up my heart and rejoice.

May the slander, harm And all forms of abuse That anyone should direct towards me Act as a cause of their enlightenment.

Until every being afflicted by pain Has reached nirvanas shores, May I serve only as a condition That encourages progress and joy.

As long as diseases afflict living beings May I be the doctor, the medicine And also the nurse Who restores them to health. - Shantideva

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