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Help remembering quote?
Does anyone have the exact quote that goes along the lines of..
let my suffering be that so all sentient life will not have to?
I found it years ago and cannot remember the way it was meant to be said, and it means a lot to me.
let my suffering be that so all sentient life will not have to?
I found it years ago and cannot remember the way it was meant to be said, and it means a lot to me.
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with sufferings of body and mind
quickly be freed from their illnesses.
May those frightened cease to be afraid,
and may those bound be free.
May the powerless find power,
and may people think of befriending
one another.
May those who find themselves in trackless,
fearful wilderness–
the children, the aged, the unprotected–
be guarded by beneficent celestials,
and may they swiftly attain Buddhahood.
-Buddha
Is this what you're looking for?
As long as space abides and as long as the world abides,
so long may I abide, destroying the sufferings of the world.
My body, thus, and all my good besides,
And all my merits gained and to be gained,
I give them all away withholding nothing
To bring about the benefit of beings.
All those who slight me to my face,
Or do me any other evil,
Even if they blame or slander me,
May they attain the fortune of enlightenment!
(7) So long as wandering beings fall sick,
May I serve as the medicine,
The doctors and their nurse,
Until they’ve been cured of their illness.
(8) May I eliminate the pain of hunger and thirst
With a shower of food and drink;
And, in the times of the middle eons of famine,
May I myself change into food and drink.
(9) For limited beings, destitute and poor,
May I become a treasure that never runs out
And remain in their presence
As a variety of sorts of useful things.
(17) May I be a guardian for those with no guardian,
A pathfinder for those who are on the road,
And a boat, a ship, and a bridge
For those who would cross.
(18) May I be an island for those seeking an island,
A lamp for those desiring a lamp,
A bed for everyone wishing a bed,
And a servant for every embodied being
who would want a servant.
Try googling Shantideva quotes if none of these are it.
Nevertheless - the practice sounds like Tonglen - Tibetan meditation practice of "giving and receiving"...
http://viewonbuddhism.org/dharma-quotes-quotations-buddhist/tonglen-taking-giving.htm
Verse 1
By thinking of all sentient beings
as even better than the wish-granting gem
for accomplishing the highest aim
may I always consider them precious.
Verse 2
Wherever I go, with whomever I go
may I see myself as less than all others, and
from the depth of my heart
may I consider them supremely precious.
Verse 3
May I examine my mind in all actions
and as soon as a negative state occurs,
since it endangers myself and others,
may I firmly face and avert it.
Verse 4
When I see beings of a negative disposition
or those oppressed by negativity or pain,
may I, as if finding a treasure, consider them precious
for they are rarely met.
Verse 5
Whenever others, due to their jealously,
revile and treat me in other unjust ways,
may I accept this defeat myself,
and offer the victory to others.
Verse 6
When someone whom I have helped
or in whom I have placed great hope
harms me with great injustice,
may I see that one as a sacred friend.
Verse 7
In short, may I offer both directly and indirectly
all joy and benefit to all beings, my mothers,
and may I myself
secretly take on all of their hurt and suffering.
Verse 8
May they not be defiled by the concepts
of the eight mundane concerns,
and aware that all things are illusory,
may they, ungrasping, be free from bondage.
-Geshe Langri Thangpa