Mudra: Early Poems and Songs by Chögyam Trungpa

By Chögyam Trungpa

A mudra is a symbolic gesture or motion that offers actual expression to an internal kingdom. This ebook of poetry and songs of devotion, written via Chögyam Trungpa among 1959 and 1971, is spontaneous and celebratory. This quantity additionally comprises the 10 conventional Zen oxherding photographs observed via a special observation that provides an unmistakably Tibetan style. lovers of this popular instructor will benefit from the heartfelt devotional caliber of this early paintings.

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The learned men, interpreting, Pull out all the commentaries And eat their own flesh in secret. Stupid and ignorant then, he weeps. Do you not see him also Shouting at stones? The cranes went winging their way homeward When the life of the thin one, the diseased one, The life of the one with no strength in his wings 32 Was cut short by the sharp winter. D o not Mame god for this, Cdling him heartless. Some fly in the sky and some sleep, But none can cross time's c i ~ l i n gstreet. Horses gallop, have no destination.

It is the dance of the Kagyii Lineage. As historically Gampopa, Living in a monastery, The father of the Kagyii School, Let loose his three precious Chief disciples, Let them dance and Compose music In the state of ecstasy. I've said so much In this poem. But a poet's mind Can never stop composing. He identifies himself with the play of Dakinis Or that of Sarasvati. 48 This poem is the discovery Of love in courage and freedom Glory be to the subject— Poetry. Newcastle General Hospital Spring 1969 The Perfect Love Poem There is a beautiful snow peaked mountain With peaceful clouds wrapped round her shoulders.

It is what is. That is what I have found. In pain there's no sickness Because pain L aroused By creative foxes. Thanks to Dakinis. The same goes for pleasure, The same goes for Iove. Love is something profound Something deeperEn fact it's the flow Of the universe. Without love nothing is creased, I'm lying in bed as a patient. Beside me is the quadrapod Which helps me to walk. There are so many friends Who are longing to give Their own health for my recovery. Still it is the play of love. Here I see that love Consists of both pleasure and pain.

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