One of the Dalai Lama’s daily practices includes reciting a portion of The Eight Verses on Training the Mind, which was written in the eleventh century. It reads, in part:
Whenever I associate with someone, may I think myself the lowest among all and hold the other supreme in the depth of my heart…
When I see beings of wicked nature, pressed by violent sin and affliction, may I hold these rare ones dear as if I had found a precious treasure…
When others, out of envy, treat me badly with abuse, slander and the like, may I suffer the defeat and offer the victory to others…
When the one, whom I have benefited with great hope, hurts me very badly, may I behold him as my supreme Guru.
In short, may I, directly and indirectly, offer benefit and happiness to all beings, may I secretly take upon myself the harm and suffering of all beings…
Excerpt from The Art of Happiness, the Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler, M.D.
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