A prayer to one's teacher Namo gurubhyaHomage to the teacher Myriad forms appear continuously from relationships and coincidence:The teacher of appearances as symbol arises around me.Indescribable this dance of magical forms!In experiencing the natural freedom of appearance and emptiness, I pray to you.Give me the … [Read more...] about A Shower of Energy
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A Prayer Song to Mother Labkyi Drönma
Namo guru dakiye Above my head, a foot aboveIs a three-tier seat, lotus, sun and moon,Rainbow light forms a canopy:Inside it is the teacher I trustEssentially identical with the mother of the four noble ones, Mother Labkyi Drönma, white in form. Her silken black hair flows down her back,Her face is peaceful and smiling, her three eyes look into the … [Read more...] about A Prayer Song to Mother Labkyi Drönma
37 Practices of a Bodhisattva
A Summary of How an Awakening Being Behaves by Tokmé Zong-po (Thogs.med bzang.po, 1245-1369) Namo Lokesvaraya You who see that experience has no coming or going,Yet pour your energy solely into helping beings,My excellent teachers and Lord All Seeing,I humbly and constantly honor with my body, speech, and mind. The fully awake, the buddhas, source … [Read more...] about 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva
Five Elements
Stubborn and stiff, I avoid hollow uncertainty.Underneath the ground quakes and I lose my footing.As long as I grasp, life seems to be stable,But it just means I'm stuck and have no way to move. When my mind is the gold dakini of earth,I see these reactions to be the phantoms they are.Everything is experience, as rich as a jewel.There is no ground … [Read more...] about Five Elements