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Let’s Cut the Spell: Music Video Dedicated to the #Occupy Movements

November 15, 2011 by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo

The following is a music video of a song by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo dedicated to the #Occupy Movements:

I Wanna

January 16, 2011 by Holly

Lyrics by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo

I wanna change
I wanna change
The world

I wanna stop the pain
And make the people sing

I wanna bring
I wanna bring
The end of war
And set the people free

I wanna see
I wanna see
The end of lies
And hear the truth
As open as the sky

Chorus:
OM BENZAR SATO SAMAYA
MA NU PA LA YA
BENZAR SATO TE NO PA
TISH TRA DRI DHO ME BHA WA
SUTO KHAYO ME BHAWA
SUPO KHAYO ME BHAWA
ANU RAKTO ME BHAWA
SARWA SIDDHIM ME PRA YATTSHA
SARWA KARMA SU TSA ME
TSITTAM SHRI YAM KU RU HUNG
HA HA HA HA HO
BHAGAWAN SARWA TATHAGATA
BENZAR MA ME MUNTSA
BENZAR BHA WA MA HA
SAMAYA SATO AH

In the View, I confess all commitments broken through mental activity. Knowing the View is the all-pervasive foundational Bodhicitta; realizing that the View exists in non-existence, and practicing meditation that is non-existent, realizing that activity is neither existent nor non-existent, the Bodhicitta is without expectation or disappointment. All root and auxiliary commitments, breaches and failure to uphold them, are unborn, ungenerated, and liberated in the indivisibilty of the object to confess and the confession itself.

OM BENZAR SATO HUNG

Chorus

©Jetsunma Ahkön Lhamo

To Whom It May Concern

January 13, 2011 by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo

Lyrics by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo

Hello my friend, you got your best face on

And I see what you sayin,’ and why you been gone

Oh, I know all the reasons, it’s the same old song

You see I met a lot of people, since I was born

And you can always tell a good man, by what he has done

You say you’re outstanding in your field, I see you standing alone

Don’t take it personal, I’m just tellin’ what I see

And I’m trying to do my Dharma, ‘cause I wanna be free

But if you cause a gal to suffer, the result is what you see

Think about it Honey, what have you done for me

When it comes down to giving, all I have is free

I guess you had your own agenda, and your own misery

Let me tell you one thing, that I know to be true

Every single pain you cause, will come right back to you

It’s time to be a stand up man, and pay your own dues

Don’t take it personal, I’m just tellin’ what I see

Trying to do my Dharma, ‘cause I wanna be free

But if you cause a gal to suffer, the result is what you see

©Jetsunma Ahkön Lhamo 2007

Fly Little Bird

January 7, 2011 by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo

Lyrics by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo

Fly, fly, fly little bird

Try to speak the truth that you’ve heard

Spread your wings over this dark land

Be the unusual, a loving man

You don’t have to prove yourself to me

Just learn to love and set it free

Can you remember things that I taught you?

I always taught you to be honest and true

I always loved to see the light in your eyes

And hate to see your heart so cold and dry

You get your happiness from standing on stage

To make people clap, that’s how you pray

I see another way, if you wanna know

I set my heart on the things that make me grow

I keep commitments and I keep em’ right

I will not follow into your dark night

Don’t care for fame or fortune, not like you

Care more for truth and light so that’s what I do

I don’t really wanna bring you down

And there’s enough blame to go around

My heart’s been broken, as you see

Just tryin’ to get those blues out of me

Looking forward to a brighter day

Sure do hope you’ll find your way

Fly, fly, fly little bird

Try to speak the truth you’ve heard

Spread your wings over this dark land

Be the unusual, a loving man

You don’t have to prove yourself to me

Just learn to love and set it free

©Jetsunma Ahkön Lhamo 2007

The Blessing

December 15, 2010 by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo

Hear my prayer, Beloved

The prayer of my heart

May you walk in freedom

May your way be filled with love

May the sun warm you and guide your way

And your way be gentle

For you and yours may there be peace

In all your days, food and drink

May your heart be blessed with dreams

And awaken to the nectar of compassion

May you come freely to the light

And know the nature of your mind

With the love and care

Of a mothers tender heart

I beseech you

Do not turn away

Oh hear this, hear this prayer

A whisper in the dark

Hear my love for you

Sweet, gentle, compassions play

Can you hear me?

I am calling you

Calling you

Beloved come forth!

©Jetsunma Ahkön Lhamo 2009

Just as Though This Were My Time

November 24, 2011October 3, 2010 by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo

Just as Though This Were My Time

I feel it coming

I seem to feel a change

I feel a promise ripening in my mind

Just as though someone were

Calling

My name

Oh I feel your power

And I can feel your love

You know I can feel it

Just as though this were my time

My time

I can’t deny the movement

That I’m feeling in my life

It seems as though I’m stepping out of time

As though I hear a song that

I had written long ago

I taste a sweet ambrosia on my mind

I feel a hunger

To make the moment mine

I feel the start of everything I know

Just as though something were

Moving

At last

Oh I know you see it

And I know you know my name

I know you know me

Just as though I’d found my purpose

My purpose

I can’t deny the movement

That I’m feeling in my life

It seems as though I’m stepping out of time

As though I hear a song that

I had written long ago

I taste a sweet ambrosia on my mind

I know a fever

Is rising in my heart

A deep response to everything I’ve dreamed

Everything seems to be different

So pure

Oh I know this moment

And I know you know it too

You’re with me

Just as though this had to be

Had to be

I can’t deny the movement

That I’m feeling in my life

It seems as though I’m stepping out of time

As though I hear a song that

I had written long ago

I taste a sweet ambrosia on my mind

I feel there’s magic

I know it’s really true

I’ve waited for you always in my dreams

Just as though your love were

Certain

As though it were true

Oh I feel your power

And I can feel your love

You mean me to feel it

Just as though this were my time

My time

In Emptiness, Fullness

September 16, 2010 by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo

In emptiness – fullness

In silence – song

In stillness – movement

Going, coming, sleeping, waking, empty, full

Speaking, listening, bitter and sweet

The same, in essence.

This much is known

And old truth and new

Kindness is the way

Love, the display

Meaning in method

A blessing for today

Let’s try it.

This way