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Timeless Rapture: Inspired Verse from the Shangpa Masters

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204 <strong>Timeless</strong> <strong>Rapture</strong><br />

Lama Rangjung Kunchab spoke this to Gonya Tokden. May it prove virtuous!<br />

Incomparably kind root spiritual master,<br />

Body that unites all victors and <strong>the</strong>ir spiritual heirs of <strong>the</strong> three times,<br />

Illustrious leader of every sentient being, myself and o<strong>the</strong>rs,<br />

From <strong>the</strong> bottom of my heart, I pray to you.<br />

Bless me that I train in love, compassion, and <strong>the</strong> mind of awakening.<br />

Bless me that I see <strong>the</strong> innate enlightened face of my abiding nature.<br />

Lama Kalu spoke this in response to my child-disciple Tsöndru.<br />

The spiritual master’s auspicious fortune is <strong>the</strong> exhaustion of all faults<br />

and <strong>the</strong> perfection of all qualities.<br />

The profound Teachings’ auspicious fortune is to reveal <strong>the</strong> sublime<br />

path, free <strong>from</strong> error.<br />

The disciples’ auspicious fortune is to enter <strong>the</strong> correct path:<br />

May <strong>the</strong> ultimate auspicious fortune, <strong>the</strong> merging of <strong>the</strong> master’s and<br />

disciples’ minds, abide!<br />

Listening’s auspicious fortune is a heart rejuvenated with profound<br />

instruction.<br />

Reflection’s auspicious fortune is <strong>the</strong> collapse of delusion’s false<br />

cavern.<br />

Meditation’s auspicious fortune is sight of awareness’s own face:<br />

May <strong>the</strong> result’s auspicious fortune, actualization of ultimate<br />

enlightenment, abide!<br />

Erudition’s auspicious fortune is knowledge of all things to be<br />

accepted or rejected.<br />

Noble conduct’s auspicious fortune is freedom <strong>from</strong> all faults.<br />

Excellence’s auspicious fortune is <strong>the</strong> beauty of every positive quality:<br />

May <strong>the</strong> auspicious fortune of magnificence, victory over faults,<br />

abide!<br />

Teaching’s auspicious fortune is to bring o<strong>the</strong>rs, faithful persons, to<br />

maturity.

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