Timeless Rapture: Inspired Verse from the Shangpa Masters

Exalted above all, he is attached to nothing.
Separate from everything, he is the basis of all.
Free from the intellect, he appears clearly beyond the intellect’s
bounds.
In his impartiality, an impartial multiplicity appears;
Yet even though it appears, its location is uncertain.
Therefore, it’s not possible to affirm “This is he!” alone.
That’s the nature of my spiritual master.
If I were to relate his life story, it would be like this:
This master is not subject to distance;
There is no sentient being he does not pervade.
Because his aspirations are pure,
There is no one who does not belong to his family.
Because his compassion is vast,
There is no one he has not placed in enlightenment’s primordial state.
Because this master’s acts are powerful,
He enters both existence and transcendence with complete mastery.
Because this master is not subject to change,
You might have wrong views about him, but he remains the same.
You’ve never been separated from this master for an instant.
Such a longtime companion, but so difficult to see!
Because this master is not subject to death,
He keeps constant vigil: how amazing!
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As for such a spiritual master of your own mind,
Look at his face and recognize your own nature.
Pray to him without doubt or hesitation.
Develop devotion to him by placing your mind on its own
uncontrived ground.
Serve him by dwelling continually within it.