Encourage not, for your self-interests, Heterodoxy and false doctrines; A merciful heart for all have ye; Remove stupidity and untruth from your minds; Be ye Tathâgata’s most faithful servants; And teach the masses who are ignorant, To them the Bodhi impart, on yourselves it practising; And thereby make the Buddha’s name resound on earth; Deliver the multitudes from sin and initiate them To the perfect enlightenment of the Buddha: Ye by these virtues firmly stand, And your Intelligence-heart doth never fail. --- HYMN TO THE BODHISATTVA.[a22] With lovingkindness, a Great Being who saves and protects, Regards all beings impartially as his only child; Energetically, cheerfully, and without stint, His life he sacrifices, uprooting pain, and bringing bliss unspeakable. Surely he will attain the height of truth and beauty, Forever be freed from the entanglement of birth and death. And erelong will he the fruit of enlightenment obtain, Eternally peaceful, and in the Uncreate joy finding. --- {398} A VOW OF THE BODHISATTVA.[a23] For the sake of all sentient beings on earth, I aspire for the abode of enlightenment which is most high; In all-embracing love awakened, and with a heart steadily firm, Even my life I will sacrifice, dear as it is. In enlightenment no sorrows are found, no burning desires; ’Tis enjoyed by all men who are wise. All sentient creatures from the turbulent waters of the triple world, I’ll release, and to eternal peace them I’ll lead. --- THE TRUE HOMELESS ONE.[a24] Though not wearing the yellow robe, Whose heart is free from defilement, In the doctrine of Buddhas, He is the true homeless one. Though not devoid of showy ornaments, Who has cut off all entanglements, And in whose heart exists neither knottiness nor looseness, He is the true homeless one. Though not initiated by the Rules, Whose heart is clean of all evil thoughts, And open only to tranquillity, intelligence, and virtuous deeds, He is the true homeless one. Though not instructed in the Law, Whose insight goes deep into the ultimate, And is no more deluded by sham appearances, He is the true homeless one. {399} The mind that takes no thought of the ego, That goes beyond the illusory phenomena, Yet sinks not into stupidity Truly awakened to Intelligence it is. Whose mind, awakened to Intelligence, Sees no substantiality in the ego, And, not seeing, yet remains firm, This man cannot be injured. --- THE BODHISATTVA’S SPIRITUAL LIFE.[a25] Like unto the vast ocean that receives All the waters, and yet overflows not; Even so is the Bodhisattva, Who knoweth no fatigue in seeking the merits of the Dharma. Again, like unto the vast ocean that absorbs All the streams, and yet shows no increase; Even so is the Bodhisattva, Who, receiving the deepest Dharma, nothing gaineth.[a26]