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Paul Carus’s 1894 compilation of Buddhist teachings drawn from older sources, retold in English. Public domain.
For as a mother risks her life And watches o’er her child, So boundless be your love to all, So tender, kind and mild.
If a man foolishly does me wrong, I will return to him the protection of my ungrudging love; the more evil comes from him, the more good shall go from me.
Therefore, O Ānanda, be ye lamps unto yourselves. Rely on yourselves, and do not rely on external help.