If I could meditate as deeply
on the sacred texts as I do
on you, I would clearly be
enlightened in this lifetime.
Tsangyang Gyatso, the sixth Dalai Lama
Tag: Poem
When the two in love unite into one,
So the tree falls in love with the sparrow,
And the sparrow falls in love with the tree, too;
When the two in love unite into one,
The hawk, the bird of prey, e’en can do them none.
Tsangyang Gyatso, the sixth Dalai Lama
My sweetheart who truly loved me
My sweetheart who truly loved me
Has been stolen to wed another.
I am sick with longing sorrow
And frustration emaciates my frail body.
Tsangyang Gyatso, the sixth Dalai Lama
If she who stole my heart
“If she who stole my heart Were to become my wife Like landing a jewel Drawn from the ocean’s depths” – Tsangyang Gyatso, the sixth Dalai Lama
There is no negativity as strong as anger
What is the great fire that rages when we approach too closely to others? Terrible anger that cannot bear even the smallest challenge. The second of the root klesha is anger. Sensory fixation may be the most pervasive destroyer of human happiness, but anger is the most immediate. One …
It is the smoke of fragrant incense
“From the peaks of the western mountains, I see white clouds boiling in the sky. It is the smoke of fragrant incense, An offering from the one who’s won my heart” – Tsangyang Gyatso, the sixth Dalai Lama
hoisted auspicious prayer-flags
‘When my luck was good I hoisted auspicious prayer-flags And the young lady of noble birth Hosted me at her home’ – Tsangyang Gyatso, the sixth Dalai Lama
An offering from the one who’s won my heart
“From the peaks of the western mountains, I see white clouds boiling in the sky. It is the smoke of fragrant incense, An offering from the one who’s won my heart” Tsangyang Gyatso, the sixth Dalai Lama
Who are the most evil
Who are the most evil of all beings in the world? Those who use their strength and power as a means of harming others – Kalsang Gyatso, the seventh Dalai Lama We tend to think of power as a problem only of the rich and mighty, but in fact we …
I sought my lover at twilight – the sixth Dalai Lama
I sought my lover at twilight Snow fell at daybreak Residing at the Potala I am Rigzin Tsangyang Gyatso But in the back alleys of Shol-town I am rake and stud Secret or not No matter Footprints have been left in the snow – Tsangyang Gyatso, the sixth Dalai Lama …