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Shantideva (Sanskrit: Śāntideva; Chinese: 寂天; Tibetan: ཞི་བ་ལྷ།, THL: Zhiwa Lha; Mongolian: Шантидэва гэгээн; Vietnamese: Tịch Thiên) was a 8th-century Indian Buddhist monk and scholar at Nalanda. He was an adherent of the Madhyamaka philosophy of Nagarjuna.

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If you can solve your problem, what is the need of worrying? If you cannot solve it, what is the use of worrying.

Worry, Needs, Use, Problem, Worrying

May I be like a guard for those who are protectorless, A guide for those who journey on the road. For those who wish to go across the water, May I be a boat, a raft, a bridge.

Bridge, Bridges, Guard, Journey, Road, Water

In the ages marked by scarcity and want, may I myself appear as drink and sustenance.

Age, Ages, Appear, Drink, May, Scarcity

The hostile multitudes are vast as spaceWhat chance is there that all should be subdued? Let but this angry mind be overthrownAnd every foe is then and there destroyed

Chance, Foe, Freedom, Let, Mind, Overthrownand

All those who are unhappy in the world are so as a result of their desire for their own happiness. All those who are happy in the world are so as a result of their desire for the happiness of others.

Desire, Happiness, Unhappy, World

May I be a light for those in need of light. May I be a bed for those in need of rest. May I be a servant for those in need of service, for all embodied beings.

Light, Bed, Needs, Embodied, Servant

All the suffering in the world comes from seeking pleasure for oneself. All the happiness in the world comes from seeking pleasure for others.

Kindness, Love, Oneself, Seeking, Suffering

If there were a truly existent I, It would make sense to be afraid of certain things; But, since there is no truly existent I, Who is there to be afraid?

Afraid, Certain, Ifs, Make, Make Sense

Death will be so quick to swoop on you; Gather merit till that moment comes! Wait till then to banish laziness? Then there'll be no time, what will you do? "This I have not done. And this I'm only starting. And this - I'm only halfway through. . . " Then is the sudden coming of the Lord of Death, And oh, the thought 'Alas, I'm finished. '

Alas, Done, Procrastination, Swoop, Thought, Waiting

How wonderful will it be when all beings experience each other as limbs on the one body of life.

Beings, Body, Life, Limbs, Wonderful

In joy and sorrow all are equal, Thus be guardian of all, as of yourself.

Equal, Guardian, Joy, Sorrow

Just as I defend myself, therefore, From all unpleasant happenings however small, Likewise, I shall act for others' sake To guard and to protect them with compassion.

Act, Compassion, Happenings, Protect, Sake

Whatever happens, I will not let my cheerfulness be disturbed. Being unhappy won't get me anywhere and will dissipate all my goodness. Why be unhappy about something if you can change it? And if you can't, how will being unhappy help?

Change, Dissipate, Empowerment, Happens, Psychics, Unhappy

He who doesn't get rid of the I won't be able to avoid suffering the same way that someone who doesn't get apart from fire can't avoid being burn.

Able, Burn, Fire, Rid, Suffering

We are all slaves of our own actions. Why be angry with anyone else?

Action, Slave, Angry, Actions, Slaves

Those desiring to escape from suffering hasten right toward suffering. With the very desire for happiness, out of delusion they destroy their own happiness as if it were an enemy

Desire, Enemy, Escape, Hasten, Right, Suffering

It is not possible to control all external events; But, if I simply control my mind what need is there to control other things?

Events, External, Mind, Needs, Possible

May I become at all times, both now and forever: a protector for those without protection; a guide for those who have lost their way; a ship for those with oceans to cross; a bridge for those with rivers to cross; a sanctuary for those in danger; a lamp for those without light; a place of refuge for those who lack shelter; and a servant to all in need.

Bridges, Light, Lost, Ocean, Rivers, Sanctuary

As long as space abides and as long as the world abides, so long may I abide, destroying the sufferings of the world.

Abide, Long, Space, Suffering, World

Penetrative insight joined with calm abiding utterly eradicates afflicted states.

Abiding, Calm, Eradicates, Joined, States

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