Karma

— Karma —
Cause and effect
Action and reaction
What flourishes
And what wilts
In our own garden
And the world around
In our relationships
Attitudes and moods
Views and convictions
Our families and friends
Communities and nations
Species and worlds
Observable reality
What grows or declines
In our own space, most of all
And considering others too
To learn and understand
What’s shared, what not
For we’re here together
At times we like it, or not
Either way, do I love or hate
This makes a huge difference
To let things grow or decline
Nurture the love — or not
While in this dual realm
Aiming for relative unity
Recognizing common ground
For some things grow, others don’t
In the cycles of life, we come and go
Like everyone’s garden and plants
Many do grow and flourish well
While some wilt and rot away
Ultimately all will fade out
When their time is over
Thus I embrace what grows
And I embrace what wilts
Nurturing what I can
And let go the rest
Sooner or later
All in its time.

Thus we work with karma
Observing cause and effect
Learning to understand
New life and death
Every day a new
Consciousness
Unfolds
In love
Alive!

“Vajra bridge buzz” — rainbow light body karma

A few inspirations from old Tibet

Vimalamitra: “Until you have realized the unborn and undying nature of reality, do not transgress the moral precepts. Until you are totally beyond duality, be meticulous regarding actions; act conscientiously and with compassion. To undertake wrathful activity prematurely and act like a siddha [Sanskrit सिद्ध ‘perfected one’] without having realized how to liberate oneself and others is a crime against […] non-violent teachings. When you know how to deliver the dead directly to the blessed [heavenly] fields, then you are free to do as you will.”

Kumaradza passes away: “Do not indulge in endless idle chatter and searching. [You] have … all the teachings you need for enlightenment in this lifetime; what else could you possibly need? For those of you who have not yet resolved your doubt and uncertainty, more practice is required, not more discussions!” He would say no more.

Vairotsana — the Cuckoo’s cry of awareness: “The many never stray from oneness; all things are beyond concepts regarding them. All created things are beyond the mind-made duality of good and evil. Since everything is perfect and complete in itself, beyond the disease of effortful striving, one remains effortlessly absorbed in primordial presence.”

Padampa Sangyay: “That which is nothing at all, transforms into myriad forms. When one recognizes the single essential nature through all its manifestations, non-duality is grasped.”

— The snow lion’s turquoise mane: Wisdom tales from Tibet, Surya Das, pp. 170-177

How did that cloud get its golden color?