Transcendental Chain
Glorious colors,
knee-length sleeves,
hand-made robes,
masked monks,
dancing wrathful deities
scare evil away.
China...
Masked Monks,
dancing a rainbow of prayers,
Whirl!
Twirl!
Tibet.
Burgundy prostrations.
kneel,
spread,
exude
Buddha, Dharma, Sangha,
in motion.
Listen!
Low-pitched voices
deep as the soul.
Listen!
Om. O-oooom. O-ooooooom.
Closed eyes
fly free.
Energy.
Om Mani Peme Hung.
Tibet.
Trak- Trak- Trak-
Wheel of Dharma.
Tik- Tik- Tik-
Om Mani Peme Hung...
Tik- Tik- Tik-
Om Mani Peme Hung.
Mala beads,
flowing rivers on brown hands.
Mala.
Tibet.
Exiled Monks
chanting Tears.
prostration,
meditation,
Mala beads,
Flowing rivers on brown hands,
sandalwood Mala
in Holy Hands...
Dalai Lama.
Tibet.
Lama Chönam.
my brother,
my teacher,
my friend.
Lama Chönam,
gentle soul.
Tibet.
Sandalwood Mala in Olive hands.
Dalai Lama and his Mala.
Lama Chönam and the Dalai Lama.
Me and the Sandalwood Mala.
His Holiness in my hands.
Tibet.
~Explanation of symbolism, in case of questions, in comments.
~Chönam, this is for you. We have stingy karma my friend. I miss you...
15 Comments:
1- "Wrathful Deities"- In Tibet, deities are often portrayed with wrathful faces. This does not signify that they are evil. Instead, the deities show an angry face to scare any evil forces away and this way protect their people.
2- "Buddha, Dharma, Sangha"- In Tibetan Buddhism, when the Buddhists do their prostrations, they do it to the Buddha, the Dharma (the teachings of Buddha) and to the Sangha (their spiritual community). When they say Buddha, the hands are together at the forehead, at Dharma they are over the mouth, and at Sangha they are over the chest. After this, they kneel down and then lay flat on the floor. This is done three times.
3- "Om"- Sound thought of as the transcendental sound of all that is.
4- "Om Mani Peme Hung"- Tibetan mantra of compassion.
5- "Trak- Trak- Trak-"- The sound of Tibetans turning the Wheel of Dharma at the temples where they pray.
6- "Tik- Tik- Tik-"- Sound of the Tibetan devotees as they move their rosary beads and chant their mantras during their meditation.
7- "Mala"- Tibetan rosary.
8- "Olive hands"- My hands.
MizB: Thank you.
That was beautiful and I appreicated the explanation so that I could appreciate your beautfiul writing even more. You're really a gem with many facets. Very peaceful. Namaste.
Thank you my dear G... you see me with beautiful eyes and I appreciate your visit to this new world! Namaste right back at ya!
Hello dear friend. Thank you so much for sharing this. I'm behind in my blog reading but as soon as I clicked on Miz B, the button for 'Into the Pink' caught my eye...I'm so glad it did. Beautiful.
love love love loverly!
needed to read this as it has aided in my beautiful weeping (my blog will explain.) when one laughs with happiness, one should laugh more, when one bursts into tears upon seeing something beautiful, one should cry a little more.
your writing helped urge forth more tears.
thank you
namaste
Very beautiful, my beloved MizB
This is beautiful. I was once told that a mantra is like a prayer or a chant to make something happen from within you. Is that correct?
Belle~ You are a sight for sore eyes my dear! I am glad you like this new space! I have missed you my dear and hope all is well with my fave dancer!
jromer~ I read it. I understand. And so I thank you from the bottom of my heart! I am one to weep at such things and your words and actions flatter me and humble me beyond belief! Namaste dear one, namaste.
Pia~ Thank you my dearest Pia! Thank you.
Smurf~ A mantra is a sacred syllable, word or verse, often rooted in sanskrit or revealed to a sage in deep meditation (or so it is said). A mantra, when recited with devotion, concentration and understanding, revitalizes the body and mind with mystic power, and harmonizes thought and action. A mantra, when repeated constantly during meditation, first loudly and then through silent and mental chanting, changes the consciousness. For example, OM, is said to be a transcendental sound, one that has been chanted throughout the ages and with each chant more energy is added to the sound and so healing and positive energy is brought into the life of he/she who chants it. Which is why you can't pick any old thing as your mantra. Sometimes, there are a series of words... for example, OM MANI PEME HUNG, being the mantra of compassion in Tibetan Buddhism.
I am glad you liked it!
That was a wonderful and beautiful homage to your friend. For me it built a spiritual mosaic which slowly expanded into the entire East.
Incidentally, before I started writing my blog I hadn't written all that much, just a handful of short stories. One of my friends who is a Buddhist swore that my stories all had a strong Buddhist philosophy behind them, but I really know little about the teachings and ideas.
I love it!!!
Indie~ Thank you for the beautiful words. I am honored and flattered to hear such things from you!
I can see that about your writing! Buddhist philosophy and teachings are amazing, vast and deep and more often than not artfully expressed through language so simple yet beautiful because of the power that they pack through the mere economy of the language used. The underlying lesson is always geared towards cultivating compassion and living life with the cultivation of positive karma in mind.
CJ~ Thank you lady!
Thank you for your take on my stories. I'm actually afraid if I tried formerly to learn what Buddhism means, I would no longer be able to write a Buddhist message. It would no longer be intuitive what I write, but directed by the conscious knowledge. I don't think the results would be as good. Does that make any sense?
Yes it does but from one who has been there I can tell you this much... with each lesson learned a thousand questions arise. It is such a deep philosophy that as long as the questions remain the greater our knowledge the deeper the connection to that magic! I don't think reading up on it would hurt your writing at all but I also do not think it is a necessity either. Follow your gut and do what works for you!
Me? It comes and goes in spurts but I always feel the richer when I read up on it. I feel connected to a deeper sense of magic though other times perhaps want to bash my head against the wall at the complexity of the concepts! (Oh! And I am talking about Tibetan Buddhism as it is the one that has spoken to me and that I have a connection with).
if only language as a whole was one big mantra we wold all be saved.
Language is more powerful than people know,t'is sad cuz they should.
That was beautiful.
Very true and oh so wise of you to say dear amiga!
Gracias!
And what where you doing hidden in here, a world of soooo many months ago, hmmm? ;-)
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