CELEBRATION OF BOB HILLMAN’S LIFE

To keep alive the knowledge that Hillman inspired, I’ve reprinted here the verses read at the celebration of his life: The knowledge that can be taken from the verses is capable of touching us all.

Four Limitless Ones
May all sentient beings enjoy happiness and the root of happiness.
May they be free from suffering and the root of suffering.
May they not be separated from the great happiness devoid of suffering.
May they dwell in the great equanimity free from passion, aggression and prejudice.

Dedications of Merit
By this merit, may all attain omniscience.
May it defeat the enemy, wrongdoing.
From the storm waves of birth, old age, sickness, and death,
From the ocean of samsara, may I free all beings.

By the confidence of the golden sun of the great east,
May the lotus garden of the Rigden’s wisdom bloom.
May the dark ignorance of sentient beings be dispelled.
May all beings enjoy profound brilliant glory.

"In short, may I offer both directly and indirectly all joy and benefit to all beings, and may I myself secretly take on all of their hurt and suffering."
– from Eight Verses for Training the Mind