I and Other Beings, In Wanting Happiness, Are Equal and Alike,

And therefore I'll dispel the pain of others,
For it is simply pain, just like my own.
And others I will aid and benefit,
For they are living beings, like my body.

Since I and other beings both,
In wanting happiness, are equal and alike,
What difference is there to distinguish us,
That I should strive to have my bliss alone?

---The Way of the Bodhisattva 8:94-95---