Songs for Buddha's Birthday (4/8/00)
(for Lama Palden)

Mahamudra Song

Sky dissolves into dust;
mountain dissolves into sand;
Mind dissolves into light
passing in waves of shadow:
heart full without barriers.

Awareness is a Verb

Flat shining ocean
of Mind basking in the light;
thoughts and emotions
dissolve in the Awareness:
rise, dissolve,
rise, dissolve,
gone…

With thanks and tashi delegs,

Ken Bacher

Copyright 2000 by Ken Bacher