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 This concept of making dedication unstained by impurities is also mentioned in many chapters of Candrakīrti's ''Entering the Middle Way'' (Skt. ''Madhyamakāvatāra ''). For instance, in chapter two, Longchenpa makes a subtle point that the capping off of positive activities, after they are complete, with the understanding of emptiness is tantamount to nihilism. This may sound a little strange to us, but his point is that  . . .
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 The next sequence of poetic verses, backed up as they are with Śāntideva's deep compassion, are amongst some of the most stirring in religious literature:
- May the poor and destitute find wealth,
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- The haggard and the careworn, joy.
- May those now in despair be whole in mind,
-Endowed with sterling constancy.   (10.20)
- May every being ailing with disease
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- Be freed at once from every malady.
- May every sickness that afflicts the living
- Be wholly and forever absent from the world.   (10.21)
- May those who go in dread have no more fear.
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-May captives be unchained and now set free.
-And may the weak receive their strength.
- May living beings help each other in kindness.   (10.22)
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- May travelers upon the road
- Find happiness no matter where they go,
-And may they gain, without the need of toil,
-The goals on which they set their hearts.   (10.23)
- May those who put to sea in boat or ship,
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-Attain the ports that they desire,
- And may they safely come to shore
- And sweet reunion with their kith and kin.   (10.24)
- May those who lose their way and wander
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-In the wild find fellow travelers.
-And safe from threat of thieves and savage beasts,
-May they be tireless and their journey light.   (10.25)
- May children and the aged, and all those without protection Wandering in the fearful, pathless wastes,
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- Who fall asleep unconscious of their peril,
- Have pure celestial beings as their guardians.   (10.26)
- May all be freed from states of bondage,
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- May they be possessed of wisdom, faith, and love.
-  With perfect sustenance and conduct,
- May they always have remembrance of their former lives.   (10.27)
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 The verses themselves are self-explanatory but one can feel the deep compassion and emotions, the empathy and understanding that Śāntideva has for the whole gamut of human beings’s sufferings.

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