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Self-Appearing Illusion

All these forms, appearance emptiness
Like a rainbow with its shining glow
In the reaches of appearance emptiness
Just let go and go where no mind goes


Every sound is sound and emptiness
Like the sound of an echo's roll
In the reaches of sound and emptiness
Just let go and go where no mind goes


Every feeling is bliss and emptiness
Way beyond what words can show
In the reaches of bliss and emptiness
Just let go and go where no mind goes


All awareness, awareness emptiness
Way beyond what thought can know
In the reaches of awareness emptiness
Let awareness go, oh, where no mind goes


Composed by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche in the Garden of Translation near the Boudhanath stupa in Nepal.Translated and arranged by Jim Scott, March 1998. Translation copyright 2012, Jim Scott