Sunday, October 20, 2019

Heart of My Heart



Heart of my heart
Going up in flames
You are a lamp
Even in death

May your lovingkindness
and compassion—
like the
Buddhadharma
you taught—
blaze
forever
throughout the
10 directions
and 3 times

as this profound
emptiness
gives way to
fullness

of gratitude and
transformation


-Karma Norjin Lhamo, on the occasion of Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche’s (her refuge lama's) cremation
in the season of Halloween
October 20, 2019