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May all sentient beings be never separated from sacred joy. | May all sentient beings be never separated from sacred joy. | ||
May all sentient beings be free from attachment, aversion, partiality and abide in great equanimity. | May all sentient beings be free from attachment, aversion, partiality and abide in great equanimity. | ||
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Following the cultivation of these four immeasurable thoughts, one must also cultivate the strong resolve to forsake everything for the sake of all sentient beings. One can chant the following verse and verses 12–22 of chapter 3 of ''The Way of the Bodhisattva'': | |||
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And all my merits gained and to be gained, | |||
I give them all and do not count the cost, | |||
To bring about the benefit of beings. (3.11)<ref>Blankleder and Fletcher, ''Way of the Bodhisattva'', 48.</ref> | |||
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