Union With the Absolute Consort ~ Shabkar

Then someone else asked, "While you were alone in the mountains, since there was no one to desire and no circumstances to inspire desire, did lust arise in your mind?"

I answered, "O yes, many opportunities came to me, and, not only did desire arise, but I satisfied it!" and, teasing, I sang this song:

In the pleasure groves of isolated mountains,
The six-legged dancing bee
Is embraced and kissed
By the exquisite lotus maiden.

Many young birds,
Bending their graceful necks
And sending each other sidelong glances,
Ride one upon another in their sensuous dance.

Seeing this, I, the yogin,
Became inflamed by intense desire.
Uniting inseparably with
The beautiful maiden, the absolute expanse,
I became deeply intoxicated
By the enchanting taste of bliss, clarity, and nonthought.

Now, even were I to see a daughter of the gods,
No lust would arise.

The momentary and misleading company of the daughters
Of this perishable world is pointless.
Better to have an everlasting companion like mine,
To grant everlasting happiness.



-Shabkar
(1781-1851)

The Life of Shabkar: The Autobiography of a Tibetan Yogin
by Shabkar Tsogdruk Rangdrol, Matthieu Ricard (Translator)
Published by Snow Lion, Ithaca, 2001

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