Eight Verses On Training The Mind

1.	With a determination to accomplish the highest welfare for living beings,
who each surpass even a wish-fulfilling jewel 
in their preciousness, 
I will learn to hold them all supremely dear

2.	When among others, I will think of myself 
     as lowest among all,
     and will hold others to be supreme, 
     from the very depths of my heart

3.	I will learn to search into my mind, 
and as soon as an afflictive emotion arises, 
endangering both self and others, 
I will firmly face and avert it.

4.	When meeting with those
who have especially strong sins and suffering, 
I will learn to cherish them
as if I had found a precious treasure, 
very difficult to find

5.	When others treat me badly, 
with slander, abuse, and so on, 
I will accept all loss
and offer the victory to them

6.	When one I have benefitted hurts me, 
I will learn to view that one as my own Supreme Guru

7.	In short, I will learn to offer all help and happiness
to all beings, 
both directly and indirectly, 
and I will remove as much suffering 
as these beings may have

8.	I will keep these practices undiminished
by the usual worldly preoccupations,
and by knowing appearances to be
like illusions,
I will be without the limitations
that accompany ego-grasping