Gampopa - His Life, Teachings and Images

     
     


Gampopa

'Song of Great Bliss'

I sing a song from the dharmadhatu of great bliss.
I speak these words in the state of wisdom,
Thus resolving the truth of nonduality.

This compassion that is free from attachment and that benefits others
Seize firmly as supreme upàya.

This coemergent consciousness
Seize firmly as wisdom.
When certainty arises, that is it.

These discursive thoughts of fixation
Seize firmly as dharmakaya.
When one experiences this, the essence is seen.

Sights and sounds, the habitual patterns of labeling
Seize firmly as ultimate truth.
When certainty arises, that is it.

These discursive thoughts are the birth of fixation.
When one has mastered this, the truth is seen.

If one desires to realize the truth of this,
Practice continuously, like a river.
Rest loosely, without further fabrications.
Rest naturally without seeking further.
Rest easily without thinking.

Experience and realization are one.
When realization is uninterrupted, that is it.
When it is as limitless as space, that is it.
When one sees one's mind as buddha, that is it.

Now, I may have realized the true dharmatà.
Fixation may have been self-liberated.
Without thinking, I may have spontaneously achieved realization.

This is not ordinary, and is not for the ordinary.
This cannot be understood by great learning.
This cannot be known by great knowledge.
This is not for the labeling of discursive thought.

I remain on the path of blessings,
I attend to the words of the guru.
It is the faithful who achieve realization.
Is your realization like this, all you great meditators?
This should not be told to everyone.

 

"The Rain of Wisdom" Translated by the Nalanda Translation Committee under the direction of Chogyam Trungpa.