7/28/2019 The Sky Dragon's Profound Roar

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The Sky Dragon's Profound Roar 

Up in the sky's expanse, true being, unborn, forever pureBeautiful is the world below me--how many colors do I seeBut when I look I can't find anything that's born or has a rootSo the time has come to meditate on true reality, of ego-clinging free

All my possessions, all that I enjoy, are like rainbows in the skyEven their smallest parts have no essence--they don't exist at allSo when I enjoy illusory pleasures, empty-appearing tea and beerIt's time to rest in mind's full moon--empty awareness, radiant clarity

The stages of practice of the Tathagata's view and meditationAre skillful methods that clear away ordinary thoughtsSo I train in appearance and mind being without base or rootWhen sickness and death suddenly strike, I'll be ready, without regret

In the pattern that the world and life's appearances weaveVisions of parents, relatives and friends are like illusions and dreamsLike morning mist, they are fleeting, and at the time they dissolveThat's the time to search for unborn confused mind's basic reality

In the baseless, rootless and empty confused appearances of lifeWe suffer from heat and from cold and from so many other thingsBut diligence in Secret Yana's practices, so powerfulMakes fox-like cowardice be free all by itself--the time has come!

To what we beautify with hats and clothing--to this heap of elementsWe offer tasty food and many other things--whatever we may findpleasingBut the carelessness and craziness of this life will end one daySo be ready to be fearless of the judgement of the mighty Lord ofDeath

From the country of great snow mountain--a realm of DharmaHaving crossed many hills and valleys and now flying through the skyI purify illusory flesh and blood into empty-appearing deityPaths and bhumis' realizations self liberated--in this I train

Ha Ha! Dechen Rangdrol's conduct that's attachment-freeA Ho! It's time to fly in the expanse of sky of spacious Mother

Composed by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche.

Translation © 1998 Marpa Translation Committee. 

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