Eight Thoughts of Great Individuals
1. By the power of the truth of compassion of all the supreme refuges, these seeds of virtue
and this pure noble motivation May all the suffering of sentient beings who are as extensive
as space be cleared away through my own efforts.
2. By excellent virtue, both ordinary and transcendent, may the hopes and wants of beings be
fulfilled.
3. May the flesh, blood, skin, and other parts of my body be useful to any sentient being who
has need of them.
4. May the suffering of all beings, my grandmothers, be absorbed by me. May they all receive
my virtue and happiness.
5. As long as I dwell in the world, may not a single thought of harming others arise in my mind.
6. May I strive energetically for the welfare of beings, not faltering even for a moment from
discouragement or fatigue.
7. For all beings who are poor, hungry, or thirsty, may I be able to give them whatever they
want effortlessly.
8. All the great burdens of intolerable suffering, such as the hell realms, may I take on myself.
May those beings be free of them.
Composed by Karma Rangjung Kunchab (Kalu Rinpoche), translated by Ken McLeod.
From the last chapter of the book The Dharma: That Illuminates All Beings Impartially Like the Light of the Sun and the Moon.