Tag: Tibetan
The Barched Lamsel prayer: The Prayer which Immediately Removes all Obstacles
This prayer by Padmasambhava is in the book, The Seven Chapters of Prayer.
» Read moreSampa Lhundrub Prayer. The Prayer which Quickly Fulfils all our Wishes.
When Guru Rinpoche was leaving Tibet for the island of the rakshasas his disciple, Prince Mutri Tsanpo, made a lamentful request for him to stay. Padmasambhava responded by giving him The Prayer which Quickly Fulfils all our Wishes.
» Read moreSeven Line Prayer of Padmasambhava
This prayer, often referred to as ‘Tsik Dun Sol Deb’ is recited at least three times: firstly to evoke Guru Rinpoche, then to welcome him and thirdly to receive his blessing.
» Read moreThe Root verses of the six bardos
Bardo indicates an interlude, an intermission, a
moment or period occurring between other, different, moments or periods.
The six bardos are: the bardos of the nature
of birth; of dream; of meditation; of death; of actuality and of
becoming.
Buddhist English
Encountering translations of Tibetan Buddhist texts is to enter a realm of technical terms embedded in an ethos that has few resonances with the beliefs and concepts that we are familiar with in the Greek and Judaeo-Christian traditions. Translators attempting to make traditional Tibetan Buddhist texts available are faced with a complex task. Texts written into Tibetan have arisen in […]
» Read moreSaraha. Treasury of songs.
Although Saraha had a scholar’s training his style here is to offer a simple sharing of his experience. He presents the ground: the simplicity of the base and source of experience. Then the path: the way to not stray from the ground. And finally the result: abiding at ease in the ground without reification or attachment. There is no discussion or debate for this is not a proposition but a revelation.
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