8th Century writings of Shantideva

For we are all travelers on the wheel of life.

We halt, we pause and take new births.

Take comfort, then, you beings wandering in weary Samsara,

And hear in every footfall the sound of blissful compassion.

For compassion is the tree that shelters all beings.

It is the universal bridge

That dispels the misty ignorance of the world

And leads the weary traveler out of Samsara into Nirvana.

-Taken from beginning of the book, Samsara Dog, By Helen Manos and Illustrated by Julie Vivas

Namaste.

Pamela Nelson

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