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Shabkar (Shabkar Tsogdruk Rangdrol) - See how, shaped by the excellence of the path
See how, shaped by the excellence of the path,
I walk now without effort
toward the Buddha state.
I dance, I sing, I play!
-- from Rainbows Appear: Tibetan Poems of Shabkar, Translated by Matthieu Ricard
Poetry Chaikhana | Shabkar (Shabkar Tsogdruk Rangdrol) - See how, shaped by the excellence of the path -
Hitting Bottom
"Blessed are the poor in spirit; for their's is the kingdom of heaven." Mattjew 5::3
( For a year in the early 1990s, I attended weekly AA meetings near the University. My excuse was that there was convenient Al-Anon meeting i could attend. Actually, i feared that i might be an alcoholic. Read more... ) -
Mechthild of Magdeburg - Christian/Catholic Visionary and Poet
An interesting person
A visionary from age 12.
A Beguine. A nun late in life.
I love some of her poems, especially these interpreted by Stephen Mitchell
A fish cannot drown in water
Effortlessly
And also these
In pride I so easily lost Thee
Then shall I leap into love
Poetry Chaikhana | Mechthild of Magdeburg - Christian/Catholic - Poetry, ( Read more... ) -
Novalis - When Geometric Diagrams...
English version by Robert Bly ( Read more... ) -
Akka Mahadevi - Yoga/Hindu/Shaivite(Shiva) -
Mahadevi or Akka Mahadevi, sometimes called simply Akka, was born in Udutadi in the Karnataka region of India. At age 10, she was initiated as a devotee of Shiva, the pale-skinned god of destruction and rebirth, lord of yogis and ascetics. She worshiped Shiva in the form of Chennamallikarjuna, which means literally "Mallika's beautiful Arjuna ( Read more... ) -
Simone Weil, The Last Cathar?
“The good is… the motion by which we break away from ourselves as individuals… to affirm ourselves as true men, that is, as sharers in God…” -- Simone Weil
“God is proven and posited by right action, and in no other way… One must deserve to believe in God.” -- Simone Weil.
Simone Weil, The Last Cathar | Tsem RinpocheIf any man thinks he slays. ( Read more... )