A Bodhisattva Way of Life

This practice is beautifully expressed in the teachings of Shanti Deva, who is a great inspiration for the Dalai Lama. In this text, there are a few verses which are called the Seven-Branched Prayer. It says: "For boundless multitudes of living beings may I be their ground in sustenance" So we might hear this and become inspired because it's an amazing aspiration, but also we may hear it and become a little daunted. Would we really ever be able to live with this degree of compassion, this great generosity of spirit?