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The Feast

May 30, 2018 by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo

Tsog - A Spiritual Feast

The banquet is ready
The feast is set
And never will I forget
The taste, the sweetness.

The Bodhichitta, sublime display
Of all the Buddhas. Sweetness
Without measure. Peerless pleasure
The dazzling play of light
And essence.

Oh! For the day still coming
When virtue prevails
The ship to Liberation sails
For you. Come aboard!
Know the Lotus Lord.

In this day, in this time,
Taste the bliss- love sublime awaits.
Where are you? Will you obey
The call within, or turn away?
Will the treasure be yours, today?

Oh, Beloved, will you stay?

By Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo on October 23, 2009

Song to Tara

January 29, 2013 by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo

Clear Mind
Holy Mind
The arguments we have used against you are like dust…

Against You?
You, who flow silently… eternally in the well of our hearts.
Have we robed you in filthy rags
Hatred… greed… ignorance?
You have remained steadfast, unchanging.

Today we lift you up to the lips and hearts of beings without number
And are feasted forever.

Precious mind unchanging
Clear mind eternal.
The promise we have searched for is enthroned within our hearts.

Clear light, holy light
Stainless, precious heart.
Here in this clear place we are robed in sweet scent and victorious forever.

Lovely One

November 6, 2010 by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo

I can see a brighter moment

Let it be done

Let the light spill over all the world

Let it come

Sing a song of sweet completion

Take the time

To start a better way

Living in kindness

Break the spell of fear

Here it is

In your eyes I see the feeling

You are here

Filled with sweet expectation

Fire away

Give it all you’ve got – don’t stop

You know we’ll love and pray

Be strong Be free

Be happy with me

Lovely one