七佛八菩薩所說大陀羅尼神呪經 4.8

4.8

得大勢菩薩復欲樂說：「誰能於釋迦牟尼佛遺法之中作佛事者，我等八人常當擁護。毘說有四事。何等為四？一者憶無量苦見眾生苦如我無異；二者我等所持戒功德，悉捨施與眾生，共用迴向無上菩提；三者能忍苦事，荷負一切眾生到於彼岸；四者發舉一切眾生心，猶如慈父念子無異。是為菩薩自利利人清淨妙行。」

Prāptamahāsthāma Bodhisattva further wished to expound: "Whoever can perform the Buddha's work within the bequeathed Dharma of Śākyamuni Buddha, the eight of us will constantly protect. Broadly expounded, there are four matters. What are the four? First, recalling immeasurable suffering and seeing the suffering of sentient beings as no different from one's own; second, relinquishing all the merit of the precepts we uphold and giving it to sentient beings, dedicating it together toward unexcelled awakening; third, being able to endure painful matters, bearing all sentient beings to the other shore; fourth, inspiring the minds of all sentient beings, just as a loving father thinks of his child without difference. Such are the pure, wondrous practices of a bodhisattva for benefiting oneself and benefiting others."