Vows of Bodhisatva Dharmakara

I establish the unexcelled Vows,

And reach the Highest Path of Enlightenment.

Should these Vows be unfulfilled,

I will renounce Enlightenment.

 

I will be the great Protector

Throughout innumerable kalpas.

Should I fail to save all in need,

I will renounce Enlightenment.

 

Upon my attaining Enlightenment,

If my Name were not heard anywhere

In the ten quarters of the universe,

I will renounce Enlightenment.
—Bodhisatva Dhamakara (Buddha Amideva), Gatha from the Larger Pure Land Sutra

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