A Poem of Appreciation

This Doha/Spontaneous Poem was written by Linda Lewis after viewing one of the DVDS from the Tibetan Buddhist Path remastered videos, using the technology of the Audio Recovery Project to enhance the sound:


Video Vidyadhara

Velvet eyes,
Blissful, boyish smile pushing up chubby cheeks
Punctured by dimples and a giggle,
You were and are my magnetizing nirmanakaya guru.

Eloquent gentleman's tiblish dharma
Transmitted with right hand of upaya's vajra mudras
Speaking to a hoodlum '70's crowd,
You were and are the buddha for our time.
Sipping amrita out of a hippie goblet,
You presented the maha-dharma of no false hopes,
no nirvana,
no spiritual materialism,
no white nor black magic--
nothing but his awakened heart.
You were and are my stunning sambhogakaya guru.

Anyone who listened, recognized, and practiced what you taught
Received the vajra mind transmission--
Empowering awareness pure and simple.
To you, the timeless dharmakaya guru, I supplicate.

With enormous thanks to Carolyn Gimian, Gordon Kidd,
and the Archives crew, I , jinpaipema wrote this doha to
the only father guru in this year of the Fire Pig. May the
the teachings increase! May all be auspicious!