Through the virtue of this effort to enter into the ways leading to enlightenment, may all living beings come to engage in these conducts:

May all beings everywhere plagued with sufferings of body and mind, obtain an ocean of happiness and joy by virtue of my merits.

For as long as they remain in cyclic existence, may their happiness never decline, and may all of them uninterruptedly receive waves of joy from all Bodhisattvas.

May those feeble with cold find warmth, and may those oppressed with heat be cooled by the boundless waters that pour forth from the great clouds of the Bodhisattvas.

May all animals be free from fear. May the blind see forms, may the deaf hear sounds. May pregnant women give birth without any pain.

May the naked find clothing, and the hungry find food. May the forlorn find new hope, constant happiness and prosperity.

May all who are sick and ill quickly be freed from their illnesses, and may every disease in the world never occur again.

May the frightened cease to be afraid, and may those bound be free. May the powerless find power, and may people think of befriending one another.

May all travelers find happiness everywhere they go, and without any effort may they accomplish whatever they set out to do.

May the troubled wanderers who have lost their way meet with fellow travelers. May they live without fear.

May those who find themselves in trackless, fearful wildernesses, the children, the aged, the unprotected, be guarded by beneficent celestials.

May pregnant women give birth without any pain, just like the treasury of space.

May all embodied creatures uninterruptedly hear the sound of Dharma issuing from birds and trees, beams of light, and even space itself.

May celestials bring timely rains so that harvests may be bountiful. May leaders act in accordance with Dharma and the people of the world always prosper.

May no living creature ever suffer, commit evil or fall ill. May no one be afraid or belittled, or their minds ever be depressed.

May beings not experience the misery of lower realms, and may they never know any hardships. May they swiftly attain Buddhahood.

For as long as space endures, and for as long as living beings remain, until then may I too abide to dispel the misery of the world.

May all the pains of living creatures ripen solely upon myself, and may all beings experience unending happiness.

(From The Dedication Chapter of Engaging the Ways of the Bodhisattva, by eighth century Buddhist saint and scholar Shantideva.)