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A Song on the View of Voidness
Themes
Birth, Rebirth
Bliss
Death
Freedom
Garden


Recommended Books

Songs of Spiritual Experience: Tibetan Buddhist Poems of Insight & Awakening, Translated by Thupten Jinpa / Translated by Jas Elsner

Homage to the Adamantine Mind!

Dharma king, you who have realized
the essence; you who expound
the way of being, out of compassion:
king Buddha Samdrup,
I bow to you in my heart,
pray listen to me.

Through your kind and skillful means,
by a habit long formed,… Continue

703 Prostrations for 1000 29 August 2007

'When I saw his light shining forth,
In fear I covered my eyes with my palms,
Afraid for my sight because of the beauty of his form.
So I was scarcely able to look at him at all.
The lights from his light are drowned in his light and his face shines out like the sun and moon in one.
A spirit of light lodged in a body like the moon, a mantle made up of brilliant shining stars.
I bore it until I could bear it no longer.
I found the taste of patience to be like bitter aloes.
I could find no remedy… Continue

215. The Creed of My Heart
By Edmond Gore Alexander Holmes (1850–1906)A FLAME in my heart is kindled by the might of the morn’s pure breath;
A passion beyond all passion; a faith that eclipses faith;
A joy that is more than gladness; a hope that outsoars desire;
A love that consumes and quickens; a soul-transfiguring fire.
My life is possessed and mastered: my heart is inspired and filled. 5
All other visions have faded: all other voices are stilled.
My doubts are vainer than shadows: my fears a… Continue

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