For Every Living Creature

[Betty]

                            
                                For Every Living Creature

                         May I be a protector to those
                         without protection,
                         A leader for those who journey,
                         And a boat, a bridge, a passage
                         For those desiring the further shore.

                         May the pain of every living creature
                         Be completely cleared away.

                         May I be the doctor and the medicine
                         And may I be the nurse
                         For all sick beings in the world
                         Until everyone is healed.

                         Just like space
                         And the great elements such as earth,
                         May I always support the life
                         Of all the boundless creatures.

                         And until they pass away from pain
                         May I also be the source of life
                         For all the realms of varied beings
                         That reach unto the ends of space.

                                                                  Author Unknown