Refuge
I would like to take refuge in you, Lord Buddha,
until I am the same as you,
exalted principal deity
in the center of the wisdom light mandala,
alluringly in union with your consort
with all desirable qualities.
I would like to take refuge in your Dharma,
which can use all my passions' poison
without exception, as healing ambrosia.
I would like to take refuge in your Sangha,
who generate pure phenomena through visualization
and experience all form as wisdom deity,
All sound as wisdom mantra,
All thought as self-liberating in wisdom mind.
-- from "A Brief Fantasy History of a Himalayan: Autobiographical
Reflections", by Thinley Norbu, published by Shambhala Publications
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