Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Hollow Bamboo


Do naught with the body but relax.
Shut firm the mouth and silent remain;
empty your mind and think of naught.
Like a hollow bamboo, rest at ease with your body.
Giving not nor taking, put your mind at rest.
Mahamudra** is like a mind that clings to naught.
Thus practicing, in time you will reach buddhahood.


TILOPA, SONG OF MAHAMUDRA

**Melting into the source of being. A total orgasm with the universe.

On the way from Kigali to Butare, we stopped for a bite to eat. In the entrance to the restaurant, we found some bees who had made their home in some pieces of hollow bamboo...

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