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