Enlightened Poetry

[amazon_link id=”B001LJT5F0″ target=”_blank” ]Open to Grace[/amazon_link] by Peter Makena

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This vajra song is so potent, and because tonight is Guru Purnima July 14/15th at like 2:30 in morn ET in U.S.,  I felt blessed to share this with you.  Simply reading the words if one is ready can be very transformative.  The power of his realization comes through in the words.   The link above is to these words composed by Lama Gendun Rinpoche, put into song, a lovely moving song by Peter Makena. You can listen to a sample there and purchase in MP3 form.  A purchase helps to supports this blog. Namaste.

A Spontaneous Vajra Song by Ven. Lama Gendun Rinpoche

Happiness cannot be found through great effort and willpower;

but is already present, in open relaxation and letting go.

Don’t strain yourself, there is nothing to do or undo.

Whatever arises in the body mind has no real importance at all.

Why identify with it and become attached to it?

Why pass judgment upon it and ourselves?

Far better to simply let the entire game happen on it’s own,

springing up and falling back like waves,

without changing or manipulating anything,

and notice how everything vanishes and reappears,

magically again and again, time without end.

Don’t believe in the reality of good and bad experiences;

they are like the weather, like rainbows in the sky.

Wanting to grasp the ungraspable, you exhaust yourself in vain.

As soon as you open and relax, ( this tight fist of grasping)

infinite space is there – open and inviting.

Make use of this spaciousness, this freedom and natural ease.

Don’t search any further. Don’t go into the tangled jungle,

looking for the the great awakened elephant,

who is already resting at home, in front of your own hearth

Nothing to do or undo.

Nothing to force, nothing to want, and nothing missing

Emaho!

Marvelous!

Everything happens by itself—- Free and easy!