{"id":1338,"date":"2023-10-05T22:11:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T22:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/?page_id=1338"},"modified":"2024-03-02T00:18:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-02T00:18:15","slug":"songs-of-realization","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/songs-of-realization\/","title":{"rendered":"Songs of Realization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-flex-start\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-bg-color:#ffffff;--awb-bg-color-hover:#ffffff;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-border-color:#999999;--awb-border-top:0;--awb-border-right:0;--awb-border-bottom:0;--awb-border-left:0;--awb-border-style:solid;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:21px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.44%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:21px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.44%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><blockquote>\n<p>Life is a torrent raging down the stream,&nbsp;<br \/>\nSo swiftly does it plunge towards its ruler, death.<br \/>\nUncertain that we might still be alive at the day\u2019s end,<br \/>\nwhen the sun reaches the mountains of the west,<br \/>\nwe cling to the eight mundane concerns,<br \/>\nmere childish games, and scatter<br \/>\nTo the wind our true concern &#8211; for freedom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">&#8212; Kelsang Gyatso, Seventh Dalai Lama (1708-1757), from Songs of Spiritual Experience, translated by Thubten Jinpa &amp; Jas Elsner<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><hr>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left\">Sections<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"#definitions\">Definitions<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp;|&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"#collections\">Collections<\/a><\/h5>\n<hr>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-flex-start\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-bg-color:#ffffff;--awb-bg-color-hover:#ffffff;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-border-color:#999999;--awb-border-top:0;--awb-border-right:0;--awb-border-bottom:0;--awb-border-left:0;--awb-border-style:solid;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:21px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.44%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:21px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.44%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><h3>Definitions<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-flex-start\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-bg-color:#ffffff;--awb-bg-color-hover:#ffffff;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-border-color:#999999;--awb-border-top:0;--awb-border-right:0;--awb-border-bottom:0;--awb-border-left:0;--awb-border-style:solid;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:21px;--awb-spacing-right-large:7.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:21px;--awb-spacing-left-large:9.6%;--awb-width-medium:20%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:7.2%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:9.6%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><p>\u0f49\u0f58\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f58\u0f42\u0f74\u0f62<br \/>\nnyams mgur<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_4_5 4_5 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-flex-start\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-bg-color:#ffffff;--awb-bg-color-hover:#ffffff;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-border-color:#999999;--awb-border-top:0;--awb-border-right:0;--awb-border-bottom:0;--awb-border-left:0;--awb-border-style:solid;--awb-width-large:80%;--awb-margin-top-large:21px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.8%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:21px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.4%;--awb-width-medium:80%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.8%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.4%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><p>Spiritual songs. Songs of spiritual transformation revealing a meditator&#8217;s experience and insight. (Tsepak Rigdzin)<\/p>\n<p>Jackson, Roger R. 1996. \u201c&#8217;Poetry\u2019 in Tibet: Glu, mGur, sNyan ngag and \u2018Songs of Experience.\u2019\u201d In Cabezo\u0301n and Jackson, <em>Tibetan Literature: Studies in Genre<\/em>. Snow Lion. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/8317279\/show\">JABL<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"><h3 style=\"text-align: left\">Collections&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"><ul>\n<li>Changkya R\u00f6lp\u00e9 Dorj\u00e9 and Thupten Jinpa, trans. 2021. \u201cRecognizing my Mother: An Experiential Song on the View.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/media.dalailama.com\/English\/texts\/recognizing-my-mother-ENG.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media.dalailama.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Drom\u00e9, Gungthang Tempai, and Thupten Jinpa, trans. 2007. \u201cA Song on the View Opening the Eyes to Suchness = lta ba&#8217;i mgur ma de nyid lta ba&#8217;i mig &#8216;byed.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/tibetanclassics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Gungthangs-song-on-the-view.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tibetanclassics.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gedun Gyatso, Dalai Lama II, and Glenn H Mullin. 2005. <em>The Second Dalai Lama: His Life and Teachings<\/em>. Snow Lion. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/8307649\/show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Kelsang Gyatso, Dalai Lama VII, and Glenn Mullin, trans. 1999. <em>Gems of Wisdom from the Seventh Dalai Lama.<\/em> Snow Lion. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/8306797\/show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Kelzang Gyatso, Dalai Lama VII, and Geshe Dorji Damdul, trans. <em>A Song of the Four Miundfulnesses as a Guide to the View of the Middle Way<\/em>. Ven. Thubten Chodron. (audio) <a href=\"https:\/\/thubtenchodron.org\/2010\/04\/chant-emptiness-perception\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thubtenchodron.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Kelzang Gyatso, Dalai Lama VII, and Glenn H Mullin. 1999. <em>Meditations to Transform the Mind<\/em>. Snow Lion. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/8306341\/show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Kelzang Gyatso, Dalai Lama VII, Sean Price and Adam Pearcey, trans. 2018.<em> Rain of Accomplishments: A Song that Incorporates the Four Mindfulnesses from an Instruction on the View of the Middle Way.<\/em> Lotsawa House. English and Tibetan. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lotsawahouse.org\/tibetan-masters\/seventh-dalai-lama\/song-of-four-mindfulnesses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lotsawahouse.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sheba, Jamyang and Thupten Jinpa. 2003. \u201cRoot Verses on Classical Indian Philosophies a Lion\u2019s Roar Eradicating the Errors.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/tibetanclassics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Root-Verses-on-Indian-Philosophies.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tibetanclassics.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Thupten Jinpa and Jas Elsner. 2000. <em>Songs of Spiritual Experience: Tibetan Buddhist poems of insight and Awakening<\/em>. Shambhala. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/8321521\/show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tsong-kha-pa Blo-bzang-grags-pa and Gavin Kilty, trans. 2001. <em>The Splendor of an Autumn Moon: The Devotional Verse of Tsongkhapa<\/em>. Wisdom. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/8316259\/show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tsong-kha-pa Blo-bzang-grags-pa and Thupten Jinpa. 2007.\u201cSongs of Spiritual Experience: Condensed Points of the Stages of the Path = lam rim nyams mgur.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/tibetanclassics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Songs-of-Experience.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tibetanclassics.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-5 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-background-color:#f1f1f1;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Subject Guides<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/subject-guides\/action-research-project\/\">Action Research Project<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp; 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