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“A LONE SONGBIRD’S WARBLING LAMENT”: Birthday praises from Tsurphu and new poem commemorating the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa’s Birthday

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  "To the one who revealed the spontaneous power of enlightened activities, The Vajra-holder, Karmapa, bow down." --Tsurphu Monastery praise to 17th Karmapa   "May this bird's melancholy,  warbling lament, spontaneously burst from the 'spring' of longing, soar out of the dark, blinding forest of hopes and fears,into the open space nest of our'evergreen' heart...."… Continue reading “A LONE SONGBIRD’S WARBLING LAMENT”: Birthday praises from Tsurphu and new poem commemorating the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa’s Birthday

POETRY THE ‘FIRE-SPARK’ OF A BURNING HEART. Tibetan poetry and translation in Tibet and exile, remembering Tibetan poet, Chen Metak and new tribute poem “Stoked with Love”

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“Some have arranged two masks,When sporting the black one, they walk in great humilityWhile wearing the white one, they walk dragging their whips behind." --Excerpt from “Strange World” poem by Chen Metak “An artist, if s/he’s unselfish and passionate, is always a living protest. Just to open his mouth is to protest: against conformism, against… Continue reading POETRY THE ‘FIRE-SPARK’ OF A BURNING HEART. Tibetan poetry and translation in Tibet and exile, remembering Tibetan poet, Chen Metak and new tribute poem “Stoked with Love”