法苑珠林 48.41

48.41

Practicing benevolence without killing, / Always able to restrain one's body: / This is the realm of deathlessness; / Wherever one goes, there is no adversity. / Not killing is benevolence; / Guarding speech and protecting the mind: / This is the realm of deathlessness; / Wherever one goes, there is no adversity. / Though others are disordered, one is composed; / Maintaining benevolent conduct, / Able to endure when seeing anger: / This is holy conduct (brahmacarya). / Sincere and gentle, / With no harsh words in one's mouth, / Not feeling anger toward others: / This is called holy conduct. / Hands folded in non-action, / Not harming sentient beings, / Inflicting no torment: / This is called holy conduct. / Always acting with compassion, / Pure according to the Buddha's teaching, / Knowing contentment and knowing when to stop: / This crosses beyond birth and death. / Universally loving the worthy and excellent, / Extending pity to all sentient beings, / Constantly practicing a mind of benevolence, / One is at ease wherever one goes. / Day and night mindful of benevolence, / The mind free from malice, / Not harming sentient beings: / With this conduct, there are no enemies. / Sleeping peacefully and waking peacefully, / Seeing no nightmares; / Protected by gods, loved by humans, / Unharmed by poison or weapons, / Neither fire nor water brings ruin; / Gaining benefit wherever one is; / At death ascending to the Brahmā heaven, / Receiving bliss naturally. / Benevolence leaves the mind undisturbed; / Compassion is supreme in practice; / Having pity on sentient beings, / This merit is boundless.