I am the father of this world

I am the father of this world,

saving those who suffer and are afflicted.

Because of the befuddlement of ordinary people,

though I live, I give out word I have entered extinction.

For if they see me constantly,

arrogance and selfishness arise in their minds.

Abandoning restraint, they give themselves up to the five desires

and fall into the evil paths of existence.

Always I am aware of which living beings 

practice the way, and which do not, 

and in response to their need for salvation

I preach various doctrines for them.

At all times I think to myself:

How can I cause living beings

to gain entry into the unsurpassed way

and quickly acquire the body of a buddha?