May all beings be happy.

May all beings be safe.

May all beings be healthy.

May all beings live with ease.

May I be happy.

May I be safe.

May I be healthy.

May I live with ease.

As a mother would risk her life

to protect her child, her only child,

even so should one cultivate

a limitless heart with regard to all beings.

With good will for the entire cosmos,

cultivate a limitless heart:

above, below, and all around,

unobstructed, without hostility or hate.

Form is emptiness,

emptiness is form.

Emptiness is not other than form,

form is not other than emptiness.

In the same way,

feelings, perceptions,

formations, and consciousness

are empty.

All phenomena are emptiness;

without characteristic;

without birth, without cessation;

without defilement, without separation from defilement;

without decrease, without increase.

Therefore, in emptiness

there is no form, no feelings,

no perceptions, no formations,

no consciousness.

I take refuge in the Buddha,

the one who shows me the way in this life.

I take refuge in the Dharma,

the way of understanding and love.

I take refuge in the Sangha,

the community that lives in harmony and awareness.

Dwelling in the refuge of Buddha,

I clearly see the path of light and beauty in the world.

Dwelling in the refuge of Dharma,

I learn to open many doors on the path of transformation.

Dwelling in the refuge of Sangha,

I am supported by the joy, peace, and understanding

of being in community.

May all beings be happy.

May all beings be safe.

May all beings be healthy.

May all beings live with ease.

May I be happy.

May I be safe.

May I be healthy.

May I live with ease.

As a mother would risk her life

to protect her child, her only child,

even so should one cultivate

a limitless heart with regard to all beings.

With good will for the entire cosmos,

cultivate a limitless heart:

above, below, and all around,

unobstructed, without hostility or hate.

Form is emptiness,

emptiness is form.

Emptiness is not other than form,

form is not other than emptiness.

In the same way,

feelings, perceptions,

formations, and consciousness

are empty.

All phenomena are emptiness;

without characteristic;

without birth, without cessation;

without defilement, without separation from defilement;

without decrease, without increase.

Therefore, in emptiness

there is no form, no feelings,

no perceptions, no formations,

no consciousness.

I take refuge in the Buddha,

the one who shows me the way in this life.

I take refuge in the Dharma,

the way of understanding and love.

I take refuge in the Sangha,

the community that lives in harmony and awareness.

Dwelling in the refuge of Buddha,

I clearly see the path of light and beauty in the world.

Dwelling in the refuge of Dharma,

I learn to open many doors on the path of transformation.

Dwelling in the refuge of Sangha,

I am supported by the joy, peace, and understanding

of being in community.