A LA LA LA LA LA HO! BLISSFUL TASTE OF THE YOGINI’S LOTUS: New translation of the Yogini’s Lotus Offering song and brief overview of the ‘Ocean of Kagyu Songs’ (Kagyu Gurtso)

"Abandoning bliss will not liberateBlissless struggle does not liberateThat bliss abides in the lotus [lit. centre of birth].Do not change the desirous objects, youLiberate them with great bliss.With the taste of the ecstatic lotusBe satiated like a bee." ---words from the Blissful Taste of the Yogini's Lotus "The Kagyu tradition is said to be the… Continue reading A LA LA LA LA LA HO! BLISSFUL TASTE OF THE YOGINI’S LOTUS: New translation of the Yogini’s Lotus Offering song and brief overview of the ‘Ocean of Kagyu Songs’ (Kagyu Gurtso)

‘A CANOPY OF FRESH SKY FLOWERS’, 15th KARMAPA’S SONG FOR HIS STUDENT (AND GURU) 1st JAMGON KONGTRUL from THE OCEAN OF KAGYU SONGS (KAGYU GURTSO): Birthday offering for 4th Jamgon Kongtrul

"Here is a little song called ''A Canopy of Fresh Sky Flowers.''  It shows my own faults and puts into words whatever has been remembered by a dry understanding that merely dances on books." "Although I wear saffron robes, I am an ordinary man. Although I have a bodhisattva name, I am filled with passion… Continue reading ‘A CANOPY OF FRESH SKY FLOWERS’, 15th KARMAPA’S SONG FOR HIS STUDENT (AND GURU) 1st JAMGON KONGTRUL from THE OCEAN OF KAGYU SONGS (KAGYU GURTSO): Birthday offering for 4th Jamgon Kongtrul