Category Archives: Songs of Terchen Barway Dorje

These are instructions to aid the recollection Of my faithful disciple who wants liberation. Now, later, in between, and in all situations; While walking, standing, lying, and sitting—in all activities— Imagine above your head whomever you want to, Such as your root guru, the protector Amitabha, Avalokita, or Guru Padma. Pray with devotion and yearning […]

(From a collection of songs translated by Yeshe Gyamtso and published by KTD Publications (2007) as the Treasury of Eloquence: The Songs of Barway Dorje. Posted with permission. Copyright 2007 Karma Triyana Dharmachakra & Peter O’Hearn. All Rights Reserved.) NAMO GURU! I bow to the supreme guru Vajrasattva. I will provide here a little instruction […]

I am deeply saddened
By our endless bewildered planning
In this inescapable ocean of samsara.
Give up worldly actions.
Emulate the lives of siddhas of the past.
I offer the benevolent aspiration
That I lead all connected to me to freedom.