Mudra: Early Poems and Songs
Chögyam Trungpa
Language: English
Pages: 109
ISBN: 2:00277837
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
A mudra is a symbolic gesture or action that gives physical expression to an inner state. This book of poetry and songs of devotion, written by Chögyam Trungpa between 1959 and 1971, is spontaneous and celebratory. This volume also includes the ten traditional Zen oxherding pictures accompanied by a unique commentary that offers an unmistakably Tibetan flavor. Fans of this renowned teacher will enjoy the heartfelt devotional quality of this early work.
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both body and mind are related to karmic cause and effect. As long as this self-defeating neurotic tendency continues, cause and effect of karma are perpetuated. There are other schools of thought which believe that the entire karmic force is predestined. There is a world karma, and also national, family and individual karma. Knot of Eternity—Symbol of meditation or the mind of the Enlightened One. It is the never-ending discriminating awareness of wisdom. It is the state of being fully true, a
simple—beyond the dualistic network. It is not a mental gymnastic practice. Mudra—A symbol in the wider sense of gesture or action. It is the inspiring colour of phenomena. Also it is a symbol expressed with the hands to state for oneself and others the quality of different moments of meditation, such as touching the earth with the right hand as a witness to Buddha's freedom from emotional and mental frivolousness. Paramitas—The six Paramitas or transcendental actions are attributes of Buddha
of non-thought. The "absence of thoughts" does not mean vnwnsciousness or sleep or withdrawal from the senses, but simply being unmoved by conflict. The three signs of meditation--clarity, joy and absence of thoughts-may occur naturally when a person meditates, but if an effort is made to create them the meditator still remains in the circle of Sarnsara. There are four mistaken views of the Void. It is a mistake to imagine that the Void is merely empty without seeing the wild space of nowness. Tt
Chögyam only is left. Drops of blood cover the bamboo leaf And a terrible wind from the graveyard scatters the name of the dead. The accents of the land echo even in heaven; Now my world is only a name. The wind howls in the dark wood And the wheeling birds have nowhere to settle; Whom can I tell, when the beautiful pine tree Cracks with her cones and comes splintering down. Death leers up from under the earth; Remembering the love of the only beloved I fall to the ground, and my cries fill every
Padmakara; It is not your wish that counts. It is time for you to submit And fulfil the desires of my work As you did in Samyê. 58 I know your origin, Born out of an iron boil. I know your mischievous actions· I have your sacred heart mantra And your words of promise In the presence of Padmakara. Be my sister Or mother or maid. Do not interrupt me any more This is the command Of Vidyadhara. Understand Dakinis As the universal force; That is to understand The true force within your mind. It is