Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Prayer for a Better World

The Dalai Lama's Nobel Prize Lecture

In conclusion, let me share with you a short prayer which gives me great inspiration and determination: 

For as long as space endures, 
and for as long as living beings remain, 
until then may I, too, abide 
to dispel the misery of the world.

--The Dalai Lama, "Nobel Peace Prize Lecture," in The Dalai Lama: A Policy of Kindness, edited by Sidney Piburn

from Everyday Mind, edited by Jean Smith, a Tricycle book