Gladly do I rejoice
In the virtue that relieves the misery
Of all those in unfortunate states
And that gives happiness to the suffering.
I rejoice in that gathering of virtue
That is the cause for Awakening
I rejoice in the definite freedom of embodied creatures
From the miseries of cyclic existence...
And with gladness I rejoice
In the ocean of virtue, for developing an Awakening Mind
That wishes all beings to be happy,
As well as in the deeds that bring them benefit.
(A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life, ch. 3, v. 1-4, trans. Stephen Batchelor)
Arthur Meade, age 4. Garden of Sharon Gannon and David Life, Jivamukti Ashram, Shady, NY. Jivanmukti means "liberated while living".
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