I'll tell you briefly the fine qualities
Of those on the path of compassion:
Giving, and ethics, patience, and effort,
Concentration, wisdom, compassion
...and such.
Giving is giving away what you have,
And ethics is doing good to others.
Patience is giving up feelings of anger,
And effort is joy that increases all good.
Concentration's one-pointed, free of bad
...thoughts,
And wisdom decides what truth really is.
Compassion's a kind of high intelligence
Mixed deep with a love for all living kind.
Giving brings wealth, a good world comes
...from ethics;
Patience brings beauty, eminence comes
...from effort.
Concentration brings peace, and from
...wisdom comes freedom;
Compassion achieves everything we all
...wish for.
A person who takes all seven of these
And perfects them together will reach
That place of inconceivable knowledge
No less than the world's protector.
---Nagarjuna---
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