12 Quotes by Śāntideva

In solitude, the mind and bodyAre not troubled by distraction.Therefore leave this worldly lifeAnd totally abandon mental wandering.

To cover all the earth with sheets of leatherWhere could such amounts of skin be found?But with the leather soles of just my shoesIt is as though I cover all the earth!And thus the outer course of thingsI myself cannot restrain.But let me just restrain my mind,And what is left to be restrained?

At the loss of praise and fame, my own mind appears to me just like a child who wails in distress when its sand castle is destroyed.

All the joy the world containsHas come through wishing happiness for others.All the misery the world containsHas come through wanting pleasure for oneself. (8.129)

9.Should bodhichitta come to birthIn those who suffer, chained in prisons of samsāra,In that instant they are called the children of the Blissful One,Revered by all the world, by gods and humankind.

When happiness is liked by me and others equally, what is so special about me that I should strive after happiness only for myself?

When fear and suffering are disliked by me and others equally what is so special about me that I protect myself and not the other?

And now as long as space endures,As long as there are beings to be found,May I continue likewise to remainTo drive away the sorrows of the world.The pains and sorrows of all wandering beings—May they ripen wholly on myself.And may the virtuous company of BodhisattvasAlways bring about the happiness of beings.

Entiende que la fortuna no es sino infortunio interminable, por el desasosiego de adquirirla y guardarla y por la desolación que acompaña el perderla.