Buddhist Prayer for Death

May all beings everywhere plagued with sufferings of body and mind
quickly be freed from
their illnesses.
May those frightened cease to be afraid, and may those bound be free.
May
the powerless find power, and may people think of befriending one another.
May those who find
themselves in trackless, fearful wildernesses—
the children, the aged, the
unprotected---
be guarded by beneficent celestials, 
and may they swiftly attain
Buddhahood.