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8.

Be Giving

~ I give generously of myself,

sharing freely my love, my gifts, my talents

and my abundance for the benefit of all.

I do not selfishly withhold. I do not add

any more suffering to the world.

9.

Embody Compassion

~ I recognize and

enlighten my greed, anger and ignorance. I

transform my negative emotions and act with

equanimity, sympathetic joy, compassion and

loving kindness.

10.

Steward the Earth

~ I hold sacred this

planet Earth. I seek to understand Nature’s

interconnections, and celebrate my own

interdependency. I work toward achieving

a lifestyle that gives more back to this Earth

than I take from it.

11.

Manifest this Way

~ I hold precious

this Sangha and the sacred life we embody,

especially these three treasures:

This absolute purity

This absolute purity

This absolute purity

This absolute purity

of our Awakened Mind!

of our Awakened Mind!

of our Awakened Mind!

of our Awakened Mind!

(Buddha)

(Buddha)

(Buddha)

(Buddha)

This life filled with wisdom,

This life filled with wisdom,

This life filled with wisdom,

This life filled with wisdom,

compassion and skillful means!

compassion and skillful means!

compassion and skillful means!

compassion and skillful means!

(Dharma)

(Dharma)

(Dharma)

(Dharma)

This never

This never

This never

This never–

ending mystery

ending mystery

ending mystery

ending mystery

of life unfolding!

of life unfolding!

of life unfolding!

of life unfolding!

All brothers, all sisters, all beings!

All brothers, all sisters, all beings!

All brothers, all sisters, all beings!

All brothers, all sisters, all beings!

(Sangha)

(Sangha)

(Sangha)

(Sangha)