The Voice of Compassion

The wondrous voice,
The voice of the one who attends to the cries of the world,
The noble voice,
The voice of the rising tide.

Put down all doubt,
Listen to the voice who attends to the cries of the world.

Perfect, beholding all beings with compassion,
Before this one, we should incline.

-Adapted from The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh