For the sake of all beings

Just as all the previous Sugatas, the Buddhas,

Generated the mind of enlightenment

And accomplished all the stages

Of the Bodhisattva training,

So will I too, for the sake of all beings,

Generate the mind of enlightenment

And accomplish all the stages

Of the Bodhisattva training.

—Shantideva, Bodhisattvacharyavatara