from The Wheel of Sharp Weapons
January 10th, 2007
Two verses (51 and 53) from the The Mahayana Buddhist text
Baring your fangs of the four great opponents,
Devour the foe – our cruel selfish concern!
With your powerful mantra of cherishing others,
Demolish this enemy lurking within!
Batter him, batter him, rip out the heart
Of our grasping for ego, our love for ourselves!
Trample him, trample him, dance on the head
Of this treacherous concept of selfish concern!
Tear out the heart of this self-centred butcher
Who slaughters our chance to gain final release!
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2 comments on “from The Wheel of Sharp Weapons”
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[…] This practice is clearly pointed to in the east in traditional yogic forms such as Bhakti (devotional) and Karma (action) Yoga’s, where the self is subordinated, and in Buddhist texts like the Wheel of Sharp Weapons. This gives the practitioner a unique opportunity to break out of one’s own compulsions and limitations through seeing another’s needs. In this way, we realise that we are freer than we thought, and there is a whole plethora of different galaxies spinning in their own way, each with their own centres, and that therefore the scope for one’s own views can be so much broader (even infinitely so) and freedom from compulsion/craving can be felt. […]
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