Friends

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friends
A Song of Those Who Are Full of Love But Free of Attachment

 

Friends are empty forms, like a water moon
To think of them as being truly real
Will only make your many sufferings increase

To know they're empty forms, like a watermoon
Will make illusion-like samadhi increase
Compassion free of clinging will increase

And non-referential view will also increase
And meditation that's fixation-free
And conduct free of doer, deed increase

Of all the many marvels, this, by far the most marvelous!
Of all the many wonders, this, the most wonderful!

 

(For the melody: http://www.ktgrinpoche.org/songs/friends-yogis-and-yoginis)  

Composed by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche. Translated and arranged by Jim Scott, Marpa House, England, August 1997.

Translation copyright 2012, Jim Scott