[Poetry Chaikhana] Shabkar (Shabkar Tsogdruk Rangdrol) - See how, shaped by the excellence of the path,

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Here is a poem posted by kind permission of Ivan Granger. We can celebrate the excellence of Bhagavan's path, the same way. Best wishes for an auspicious week end to all!

 

Alan --- On Fri, 5/9/08, Poetry Chaikhana <ivan wrote:

Poetry Chaikhana <ivan[Poetry Chaikhana] Shabkar (Shabkar Tsogdruk Rangdrol) - See how, shaped by the excellence of the path,alanadamsjacobsDate: Friday, 5 September, 2008, 4:54 PM

 

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See how, shaped by the excellence of the path,

By Shabkar (Shabkar Tsogdruk Rangdrol)(1781 - 1851)

English version by Matthieu Ricard

See how, shaped by the excellence of the path,I walk now without efforttoward the Buddha state.I dance, I sing, I play!

 

 

 

 

 

 

-- from Rainbows Appear: Tibetan Poems of Shabkar, Translated by Matthieu Ricard

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Hi Alan -Shabkar Tsogdruk Rangdrol, often referred to simply as Shabkar (or Shapkar), was born in northeastern Tibet. He entered monastic studies at the age of eight. As a youth, he resisted pressure from his family to marry and devoted himself fully to spiritual practice and took full ordination at age 21. While still a young man, he became respected for his scholarship. When Shabkar was 25, he took up the life of a wandering pilgrim and hermit, traveling for the next thirty years to sacred sites and pilgrimage destinations. His life as a wandering ascetic and his songs of spiritual insight became widely known, earning him comparisons with the great wandering Buddhist yogi-poet Milarepa.Shabkar was a renowned teacher and lineage holder of the Dzogchen tradition.He was also a nature mystic, conversing with sky and mountain and tree, seeing in them embodiments of

teachers and fundamental truths. Like St. Francis of Assisi, he is particularly famous for his love of animals.--I don't want to weigh this delightful verse down with many words. Instead, I invite you to, effortlessly, dance! sing! play!Ivan

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