May I act as the mighty earth Or like the free and open ski… - Shantideva

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May I act as the mighty earth Or like the free and open skies To support and provide the space Whereby I and all others may grow.

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

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His the knife, and mine the body the twofold cause of suffering. He has grasped the knife, I my body. At which is there anger?

May any spiritual energy thus generated By my devotion to the enlightened ones Be dedicated to dispelling the misery Of living beings without exception.

For the sake of all beings I have made this body pleasureless. Let them continually beat it, revile it, and cover it with filth. Let them play with my body. Let them laugh at it and ridicule it. What does it matter to me? I have given my body to them.

May I act as the mighty earth Or like the free and open skies To support and provide the space Whereby I and all others may grow. - Shantideva

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