A sacred space for everyone
Prince of power this is the hour
This is the time when you must shine
I see it on your face, in your mind
You awaken right on time
To honor our Guru, our Lord Sublime.
You alone are well prepared
This time would come, you were aware
He gave you his essence with such care
I would have known Him anywhere.
You mixed your minds like water and wine
I hear His song in your mind.
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The following is from a series of tweets by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo:
How comes this one?
He speaks no truth to me.
Nor to the visions I do see, he has nothing.
And if only he could see it so-
Maybe time will let him go.
I do grieve, not for hurtful misdeeds,
But, for flowers and hours of beauty, relentless bliss at the fiery tent.
I can’t resent
I’ll always follow…
OM AH HUNG BENZAR GURU PEDMA SIDDHI HUNG
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A poem by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo:
AWAKENING
I am Love.
I pour myself out
on the waters…and the
Earth.
Over time and space
I pour, I am,
never ending.
I encompass all
Unto Myself.
I am pregnant with
Creation.
I penetrate all.
I am fulfilled–
Love.
I am Light–
The Light of the One;
of the All..
Radiant, life-giving.
I am…
To BE.
I declare my Self
in all things
And it is so.
I find my Self
in Creation
and bear my Self
forth
triumphant!
And all is perfect
because I am.
Light
I am Spirit.
I am the song and the
Breathe
of the Infinite.
The sound and essence
of the most subtle
One
I bring to you your birthright
on silent, soaring
wings.
Behold, I come quickly.
Look within–
I am here.
I speak to you,
from deep within you.
And now you hear me.
You let me heal you.
You let me radiate from you.
You let me claim you as
My own.
Let us make a pact,
You, who I am.
To know our oneness.
To renounce duality.
To know only Truth
For I speak to you
even as you call
to Me.
“Awaken…Awaken..
This is the beginning.”
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Arya Tara, Noble One
We bow down to your Lotus Feet
And beg you to remain enthroned
On the Lotus Throne within our hearts
We, your daughters and sons
Offer you the essence of whatever purity we may possess in the three times
Please accept the nectar of our pitiful practice
Please bless the potential of all our hopes and aspirations
And guide our lips and blind eyes
To suckle at the breast of the Sublime Bodhichitta
Mother Tara, protect us, now and at the time of our death.
Sooth and cleanse our minds of the sickness and fever of worthless distraction.
Hear us, Holy One, even though our very voices are tainted
With fear and slothfulness, weakened by Samsara’s spell.
Oh Mother, when we have caused you sorrow
How will you then appear for us in Nirmanakaya form
Through endless aeons for our sake –
How, Mother, will this occur
When our hearts and minds turn inward
With darkness and lack of caring for the suffering of others?
Oh Mother Tara, Holy One, Perfect One
We are lost.
Now more than ever darkness comes
And we are overcome with our weakness and poor view.
Yet you remain for us
Blessed Mother, Holy One, this very day
We make our hearts and minds your home
We beg you to come in glory
And to remain with us
With your Supreme Beauty, Sublime Power and Faultless Light
Until we are inseparable
And Samsara is emptied
Colophon: Written by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo, August 24th, 2004 Sedona, Arizona, when one of Tara’s daughters herself had fallen under Samsara’s dark spell
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Try me, try me
If you need a friend
I will be there for you
Till the end, when you need me
Try me, try me
Let me show you
How deep it can be with love
You can count on me
To stay by your side
Through thick and thin
Try me, try me, try me
What you need
Is easy to see
You seem lonely like me
Maybe ready to see
If you need a friend, some love
Oh, won’t you please try me
(Repeats)
©Jetsunma Ahkön Lhamo 2007
OM AH HUNG BENZAR GURU PEMA SIDDHI
HUNG (repeated x 3)
See the world of phenomena
Understand what it means
Reflections of your mind appear
Like the nature of a dream
OM AH HUNG BENZAR GURU PEMA
SIDDHI HUNG (repeated)
Lama, only you know
To show us the way
This revolution of compassion
Will truly save the day
OM AH HUNG BENZAR GURU PEMA SIDDHI
HUNG (repeated)
I offer true devotion
‘Cuz that’s the way it starts
This Bodhicitta nectar
It nourishes my heart
OM AH HUNG BENZAR GURU PEMA SIDDHI
HUNG (repeated)
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Lyrics by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo
If you could stay my friend
Until samsara ends
There would be time to spend
Loving all beings
Loving all sentient beings
If you could live this life
With all its war and strife
Living a sacred life
Stand by me
Chorus:
But I’m just a simple fool
I’m not that good at social rules
What would I know ‘bout what to do
I’ve got crazy appetites
For love and truth and all that’s right
Sometimes I just wanna see
Some light in your eyes
If you could start right now
You’d gather strength somehow
We could turn hate around
If you stand by me
If you could take advice
Let your heart voice thrive
It could be paradise
When you stand by me
Chorus:
And if the truth be told
This story’s very old
Your karma still unfolds
As you stand by me
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Lyrics by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo
I wanna change
I wanna change
The world
I wanna stop the pain
And make the people sing
I wanna bring
I wanna bring
The end of war
And set the people free
I wanna see
I wanna see
The end of lies
And hear the truth
As open as the sky
Chorus:
OM BENZAR SATO SAMAYA
MA NU PA LA YA
BENZAR SATO TE NO PA
TISH TRA DRI DHO ME BHA WA
SUTO KHAYO ME BHAWA
SUPO KHAYO ME BHAWA
ANU RAKTO ME BHAWA
SARWA SIDDHIM ME PRA YATTSHA
SARWA KARMA SU TSA ME
TSITTAM SHRI YAM KU RU HUNG
HA HA HA HA HO
BHAGAWAN SARWA TATHAGATA
BENZAR MA ME MUNTSA
BENZAR BHA WA MA HA
SAMAYA SATO AH
In the View, I confess all commitments broken through mental activity. Knowing the View is the all-pervasive foundational Bodhicitta; realizing that the View exists in non-existence, and practicing meditation that is non-existent, realizing that activity is neither existent nor non-existent, the Bodhicitta is without expectation or disappointment. All root and auxiliary commitments, breaches and failure to uphold them, are unborn, ungenerated, and liberated in the indivisibilty of the object to confess and the confession itself.
OM BENZAR SATO HUNG
Chorus
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Lyrics by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo
Hello my friend, you got your best face on
And I see what you sayin,’ and why you been gone
Oh, I know all the reasons, it’s the same old song
You see I met a lot of people, since I was born
And you can always tell a good man, by what he has done
You say you’re outstanding in your field, I see you standing alone
Don’t take it personal, I’m just tellin’ what I see
And I’m trying to do my Dharma, ‘cause I wanna be free
But if you cause a gal to suffer, the result is what you see
Think about it Honey, what have you done for me
When it comes down to giving, all I have is free
I guess you had your own agenda, and your own misery
Let me tell you one thing, that I know to be true
Every single pain you cause, will come right back to you
It’s time to be a stand up man, and pay your own dues
Don’t take it personal, I’m just tellin’ what I see
Trying to do my Dharma, ‘cause I wanna be free
But if you cause a gal to suffer, the result is what you see
©Jetsunma Ahkön Lhamo 2007
Lyrics by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo
Fly, fly, fly little bird
Try to speak the truth that you’ve heard
Spread your wings over this dark land
Be the unusual, a loving man
You don’t have to prove yourself to me
Just learn to love and set it free
Can you remember things that I taught you?
I always taught you to be honest and true
I always loved to see the light in your eyes
And hate to see your heart so cold and dry
You get your happiness from standing on stage
To make people clap, that’s how you pray
I see another way, if you wanna know
I set my heart on the things that make me grow
I keep commitments and I keep em’ right
I will not follow into your dark night
Don’t care for fame or fortune, not like you
Care more for truth and light so that’s what I do
I don’t really wanna bring you down
And there’s enough blame to go around
My heart’s been broken, as you see
Just tryin’ to get those blues out of me
Looking forward to a brighter day
Sure do hope you’ll find your way
Fly, fly, fly little bird
Try to speak the truth you’ve heard
Spread your wings over this dark land
Be the unusual, a loving man
You don’t have to prove yourself to me
Just learn to love and set it free
©Jetsunma Ahkön Lhamo 2007