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Timeless Rapture: Inspired Verse from the Shangpa Masters

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The vajra song that introduces <strong>the</strong> mind as immortal:<br />

Namo Guru!<br />

A Sea of Blessings 107<br />

During <strong>the</strong> day, appearance and emptiness are <strong>the</strong> deity’s body—<br />

I realize that sickness and death do not exist.<br />

At death, even if only <strong>the</strong> deity’s eyes appear clearly,<br />

The pain of death will be naturally purified and <strong>the</strong> body of rapture<br />

attained.<br />

Even if clarity does not arise,<br />

Previous training’s impact will continue unabated,<br />

Like a limpid pool hit by a stone.<br />

The bliss of <strong>the</strong> body of rapture will arise of itself;<br />

Until existence is emptied,<br />

Boundless benefit for o<strong>the</strong>rs will spontaneously arise.<br />

This song of <strong>the</strong> self-liberation of one’s own immortal mind was composed<br />

by noble Dharma Singha [Chökyi Sengé]. To my incomparable<br />

master Rinchen [Tsöndru, Mokchok-pa], I offered one hundred measures<br />

of gold, thirty female yaks, and a sheepskin coat, <strong>the</strong>n gained this experience.

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