Of Guan Yin and Compassion (Part 3)

16 Portraits of Guan Yin with quotes from the Buddhist Scriptures on Morality, Compassion and Wisdom. Digital photos of Guan Yin portraits at PBHP Bodhicitta Building - taken by Bro. Woon Ton Aun

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2. 2
I have love for
the footless, for
the bipeds too
I have love;
I have love for
those with four
feet, for the
many-footed
I have love.

3. 3
Endowed with
faith and virtue,
speaking gently,
free from selfishness –
Such a person purifies
the pathway leading
to future happiness.

4. 4
Develop
thoughts of love
for friend
and foe alike.
Having reached
perfection of love,
you will attain
enlightenment.

5. 5
Train yourself
in doing good
that lasts
and brings
happiness.
Cultivate generosity,
the life of peace and
a mind of boundless
love.

6. 6
By love
they will quench
the fire of hate,
by wisdom
the fire of delusion.
Those supreme men
extinguish delusion
with wisdom
that breaks through
to truth.

7. 7
Develop a mind
full of love,
be compassionate
and restrained
in virtue;
arouse your energy,
be resolute,
always firm
in making progress.

8. 8
With a mind
full of love,
one feels
compassion
for the entire world
– above, below,
and across,
unlimited
everywhere.

9. 9
He who
day and night
takes delight
in harmlessness,
sharing love
with all,
finds enmity
with none.

10. 10
Live without
covetous greed, fill
your heart with
benevolence. Be
mindful and one-
pointed, inwardly
stable and
concentrated.

11. 11
One who
is virtuous and wise
shines forth
like a blazing fire.
Like a bee
collecting nectar,
he acquires wealth
by harming none.

12. 12
Generosity,
kind words,
doing a good turn
for others,
and treating all
people alike,
these bonds of
sympathy are
to the world
what the linchpin is
to the chariot wheel.

13. 13
One who rains down
bountiful gifts,
gladly giving
here and there
out of compassion
for all beings,
is like a giant cloud
filled with rain
drenching the highlands
and lowlands
without distinction.

14. 14
A mind composed,
well-concentrated,
purified and
controlled,
full of kindness
towards all beings –
this is the way that
leads to the highest.

15. 15
Knowing that the
other person is
angry, one who
remains mindful
and calm acts for
his own best
interest and for
the other’s
interest too.

16. 16
“As I am,
so are others;
as others are
so am I.”
Having thus
identified self
and others,
harm no one
nor have them
harmed.

17. 17
Freedom from lust
and the going
beyond of
sensual desires
is happiness
in the world.
But the crushing
out of
the conceit “I” –
this is the
highest happiness.

18. 18
The
End The cultivation of
Wisdom and Compassion
leads one to Peace,
Happiness and Liberation.
With Metta,
Bro. Oh Teik Bin