Lama Thubten Yeshe
Spiritual friend
At your feet of light
I bow
In silence

No. you are not dead
You have not gone
You have only left
A body too weary
To contain a heart
That embraces us all
You took on all our suffering
Devoting your inspiring power
Ceaselessly for us
To the last breath
Existing only
For our liberation.

It is said that
When Chenrezig saw
The suffering of others
he became so full of sorrow
that his head burst
So too. Lama, your heart
Just as a firework
spread its enchantment
in all directions
you have offered up yourself
in rays of light
You are now
everywhere
ever present
space within space
and beyond time
You are in my heart

And in those
of all your students
Today
brothers and sisters
from the four corners of the earth
are united
in the same sorrow
I turn to you
My grief is yours
and I tell myself:
Lama this parting
is a teaching
that in you we are one
for all eternity
Your vajra voice
could not reach
our clouded hearts
When you cried out
that day when your voice
silenced in our world
It is by your silence
that we will discover

Oh, this is a harsh teaching
there is a lump in my throat
today your laughter has gone
Lama
that burst of joy
dispelling the darkness
How to live without it...

— 'Self pityness!
Wrong conception!
Contemplate... Meditate...'

It is for yourself that you feel sorry
wrong conception
contemplate meditate...
'Do you communicate?'
—Hallo Lama!

I hear you
Hallo, don't go...
Yes, your laughter rises
from the depths of my throat
'It's a big joke!...'
True
You are with me in peace
At the centre of my being
In the quiet of my soul
You reply: I am here!
No, you are not dead
You have not gone
Your sap is flowing
Into your sons and daughters
Powerful and strong.

We are settling the flowers
And the fruits of wisdom
That you have sown
In your compassion
We will cause them to ripen
We vow that you did not come
To release us in vain
And should any of us resemble
A leaf in the wind
Do not be fooled
We are one tree
And you the root
LAMA THUBTEN YESHE
Universal Guru
With diamond sceptre
Unfaltering guide
You have shown us
The path and the goal
You have equipped us
For the journey
Given us all the passwords
And the usual means
To overcome the obstacles

You have taught us
The Correct View, Love
You have overwhelmed us
With inexhaustible gifts
To make us all
Victorious warriors

To Noble Beings
One does not offer tears
Only the gift of joy
Born with wisdom
Is worthy of you
Spiritual friend
Please accept it
And grant us
Your blessing

Idam Guru Ratnam Mandalakam Niryatayami

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