Timeless Rapture: Inspired Verse from the Shangpa Masters

The unveiled state’s intrinsic form arises as the deity—
The yogini, glorious chief of dakinis,
A young woman drunk with bliss and emptiness,
Entwining the lap of the lord of mind.
Outwardly, appearances are a celestial sacred palace;
Inwardly, your body is a fine and brilliant tent of red silk.
To the sides, four drops blaze with fire.
The vital instruction is the navel’s energy center, like a circle of flame.
Tongues of flame emitted by the syllable Ram at the triple junction
Flash within the central channel’s pathway
And pass, like shooting stars—white and clear—racing through the
sky,
Through the opening at the crown of your head.
Nectar flows from the spiritual master’s body,
Enters through the path of Brahma’s gate,
And creates connections with the path’s four empowerments;
The spiritual master’s mind and your own become indistinguishable.
This song was sung for the practice of Fierce Inner Heat. Iti.
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