Timeless Rapture: Inspired Verse from the Shangpa Masters

216 Timeless Rapture
Spiritual master, think of me! Think of me!
Epitome of all accomplishment, root spiritual master, think of me!
Spiritual master, think of me! Think of me!
Agent of all enlightened activity, root spiritual master, think of me!
Spiritual master, think of me! Think of me!
All refuges in one, root spiritual master, think of me!
Turn all beings’ minds, with mine, toward the Teachings.
Bless me that all stages of the faultless path—
Renunciation, the mind of awakening, and the correct view—
Genuinely arise in my being.
May I dwell untouched by the faults of pride and wrong views
Toward the Teachings and the teacher of freedom’s sublime path.
May steadfast faith, devotion, and pure vision
Lead me to fully achieve the two goals for others and myself.
The human tantric master introduces my intrinsic essence.
The master in the Joyful Buddha’s Canon instills certainty.
The symbolic master in appearances enriches experience.
The ultimate master, the nature of reality, sparks realization of the
abiding nature.
Finally, within the state of the master inseparable from my own mind,
All phenomena of existence and transcendence dissolve into the
nature of reality’s expanse;
The one who affirmed, denied, and clung to things as real vanishes
into the absolute expanse—
May I then fully realize the effortless body of ultimate enlightenment.
In all my lifetimes, may I never be separate from the true spiritual
master.
May I enjoy the Teachings’ glorious wealth,
Completely achieve the paths and stages’ noble qualities,
And swiftly reach the state of Buddha Vajra Bearer.