Timeless Rapture: Inspired Verse from the Shangpa Masters

Vajra Dakini protects you from obstacles.
Jewel Dakini increases human and material wealth.
Lotus Dakini gathers consorts.
Activity Dakini accomplishes all acts.
Once under the sway of craving,
You fall under the self-dakinis’ control
And any unwanted external event can occur:
Know the dakinis to be your own mind!
Knowledge of the mind’s essence
And its nonconceptual nature is the vajra;
Vajra Dakini protects you from obstacles.
Contentment with no needs is a precious treasure;
Jewel Dakini provides all you need and desire.
Freedom from desire and discursive thought is the lotus;
Lotus Dakini attracts the seal [of activity].
Acts neither come into being nor cease;
Activity Dakini accomplishes all your acts.
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Adepts who do not know this
Can practice [the dakinis] for an eon yet not accomplish them.
Therefore, to know the dakinis as your own mind
Is the supreme vital instruction.
The dakinis also gave him the profound instructions of the three rains and
the three gatherings. 12
Finally, as predicted by spiritual masters, deities, and dakinis, Kyungpo
Naljor taught for some years to the ultimate assembly—eighty thousand
persons; he gave every teaching to his six ultimate disciples; and he reached
the ultimate in longevity—150 years. At that time, he considered departing
for the ultimate pure land, Blissful, but infinite numbers of gods,
nagas, and nonhuman spirits, including the Four Great Kings, the king of