A Song composed by the 16th Gyalwang Karmapa,

"A Song," composed in 1941 while His Holiness was visiting Palpung Monastery in Tibet (the great seat of the Situpa Rinpoches), is regarded in the tradition as providing an example of the 16th Karmapa's insight into the trying times that were to beset Tibet shortly thereafter.
A Song
by H.H. the 16th Gyalwang Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje (1924 - 1981)



A SONG
BY THE 16TH PAL GYALWANG KARMAPA, RANGJUNG RIGPE DORJE (1924 - 1981)
THIS SONG IS ALA THALA THALA,
ALA IS THE WAY IT AROSE.
THALA IS THE WAY IT IS EXPRESSED IN WORDS.
IN A PURE LAND, RICH WITH TURQUOISE LEAVES,
ON A THRONE OF BRILLIANT, WHITE SHELL
IS THE DEITY OF LONG LIFE, THE MOTHER LADY TARA.
I PRAY TO HER FROM THE DEPTHS OF MY HEART.
MAY THERE BE NO OBSTACLES TO LONG LIFE.
IF YOU DO NOT RECOGNIZE THIS PLACE,
IT IS THE RETREAT HOUSE OF PALPUNG.
IF YOU DO NOT RECOGNIZE A PERSON LIKE ME,
THERE IS THE UPPER VALLEY OF DELIGHTFUL SHUKRA
AND THE LOWER VALLEY OF DELIGHTFUL SHUKRA;
IN THE PLACE BETWEEN THE TWO SHUKRAS[1]
IS A CHILD WHO DESCENDS FROM TSHAZHANG DENMA[2]
IF YOU CALL HIM BY NAME, IT IS THUBTEN GELEK. [3]
NOT NOW, BUT ON A DISTANT TOMORROW IT WILL BE DECIDED.
BOTH THE VULTURE AND I KNOW WHERE TO GO.
THE VULTURE SOARS INTO THE EXPANSE OF THE SKY;
OUR PEOPLE DO NOT STAY, BUT GO TO INDIA.[4]
IN THE SPRINGTIME, A CUCKOO COMES AS A GUEST.
IN THE FALL WHEN THE HARVEST RIPENS, IT KNOWS WHERE TO GO:
ITS ONLY THOUGHT IS TRAVEL TO THE EAST OF INDIA.[5]
IN THE LOFTY LAND OF TIBET, THE INHABITANTS, HIGH AND LOW,
AND IN PARTICULAR, YOU, TAI SITU, THE LORD AND PROTECTOR MAITREYA,
WHO REMAINS ABOVE THE CROWN OF OUR HEAD,
MAY YOUR ACTIVITIES, LIKE THE SUN AND MOON SET IN SPACE,
BE CONTINUOUS, STABLE, AND WITHOUT HINDRANCE.
I PRAY THAT WE MEET AGAIN AND AGAIN.[6]
MAY THE THREE ROOTSTHE LAMAS, YIDAMS, AND DAKINIS
PROTECT HIM FROM NEGATIVE CONDITIONS AND OBSTACLES.
KEEP THE PRECISE MEANING RECORDED HERE IN THE DEPTH OF YOUR HEART.

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karmapa tchenno

thank,s a lot from AUSTRIA for this video

maybee you can translate this word,s in english language...

TASHI DELEK

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Emaho!