His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso

I could be caught up in the most mundane errand and a surge of awareness presents itself by tickling my intuition located in the pit of my stomach.

I'm left with a vision of your being, clear as midday, like you're standing before me rather than an apparition inside a memory.

What's so fascinating to me is that there never seems to be a preceding trigger.... no song snippet, no reminiscing thought of a time we were face to face as you lightly touched my face in loving embrace.

It seems like this surge of you appears like a random flash of light that shines into a crevasse I'm not even acknowledging at the time I'm focused on the routine.

I see you. I feel your love envelop me.
I sense your wrinkled smile behind my own eyes.
Your presence in my mind warms me.

Sanskrit/Tibetan and Translation
Gang ri ra way kor way zhing kham dir ...... In the land encircled by snow mountains
Phan dang de wa ma lu jung way nay ..... You are the source of all happiness and good;
Chen re sig wang ten zin gya tso yi ..... All powerful Chenresig, Tenzin Gyatso
Zhab pay si tay bar du tan gyur chig ..... Please remain until samsara ends.


Countless salutations and Happy 74th Birthday Your Holiness, my Precious Guru. May your aspirations be fulfilled without hindrance!