thought transformation (#937)

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      Thought Transformation in Eight Stanzas
      [Kadampa teachings as translated by Brian Beresford.]
     
      Being determined to accomplish
      the highest welfare for all beings,
      who excel the wish-fulfilling gem,
      I shall constantly hold them dear.
     
      When in the company of another
      I shall view myself as the lowest of all
      and in the depth of my heart
      shall hold others dearly, as supreme.
     
      Examining my mental continuum throughout all actions,
      as soon as a mental affliction arises,
      endangering myself and others,
      by facing it I shall stricly avert it.
     
      When faced by a being of wicked nature
      who is controlled by violent wrongs and sufferings,
      I shall hold this one dear, so hard to find
      as though discovering a precious treasure.
     
      When others, out of jealousy,
      treat me badly, with abuse, insults and the like,
      I shall accept their hard words
      and offer the victory to others.
     
      When someone whom I have assisted
      and in whom I have placed great hope
      inflicts on me extremely bad harm,
      I shall view that one as my supreme friend.
     
      In short, I shall offer benefit and bliss to all mothers
      in this actual (life) and in the (future) continuum,
      and secretly I shall take upon myself
      all of the harms and sufferings of my mothers.
     
      Furthermore, having not defiled all this by the stain
      of preconception of the eighty (worldly) feelings
      and by perceiving all phenomena as illusory,
      free from attachment, I shall be released from bondage.