I stepped into a bright world,
Hoping to find life’s meaning.
But the mirror showed me only—
An emptiness shining clear.
The life I once expected,
And the life that now appears—
Two faces of the same dream,
As near as life and death.
– Rootless Wanderer
Quotes
Gifted by the one I called my life
One night, the full moon fills me,
Another, the darkest sorrow.
Both are flavors of my life,
Gifted by the one I called my life.
– Rootless Wanderer
The taste of chang is sweet
The taste of chang is sweet,
The taste of life, bitter.
For every cup I shared with you,
I drank a sorrow deeper.
– Rootless Wanderer
I bless and curse the moment,
Your voice was a gentle song,
But your touch was sharp with sorrow.
I bless and curse the moment,
When fate brought you to me.
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Rootless Wanderer
The life I once imagined,
The life I once imagined,
And the life before my eyes—
Like meeting you in daylight,
And losing you by night.
– Rootless Wanderer
Emptiness shining most clear.
I stepped into a bright world,
Hoping to find life’s meaning.
Now I see only a hollow,
Emptiness shining most clear.
– Rootless Wanderer
A lifetime gone
A lifetime gone,
turning and turning ;
mountains, rivers, stupas –
Not to seek rebirth,
but to meet you along the way.
– Tsangyang Gyatso, the 6th Dalai Lama
If I could meditate as deeply
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
Drops of rain wash away
Drops of rain wash away
The love songs written in
Black and White
But love, though unwritten,
Remains long after, in the heart.
Tsangyang Gyatso, the sixth Dalai Lama
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