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Tables of Contents for Songs of Spiritual Experience
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
xi
Preface
xiii
Translators' Introduction
1
30
EVOCATIONS OF LIFE'S TRANSIENCE
from Tunes on the Absence of Elaborations
31
2
Za Paltrul Rinpoche
A Meditation on Impermanence
33
5
Gungthang Tenpai Dronme
Movements of Dancing Lightning
38
4
Chone Lama Rinpoche
A Word-Brush Drawing of the Monster-Form of Impermanence on Mind's Stone Tablet
42
4
Chone Lama Rinpoche
Inspire Me to Remember Death
46
5
Kelsang Gyatso
Dalai Lama
Ramblings of an Aged Man
51
12
Gungthang Tenpai Dronme
YEARNING FOR SOLITUDE
The Red Rocky Mountain
63
1
Milarepa
The Joys of the Solitary Hills
64
2
Kalden Gyatso
A Song by a Yogi in Solitude
66
2
Shapkar Tsogdruk Rangdrol
Longing for the Mountains of Solitude
68
5
Za Paltrul Rinpoche
CALLING THE GURU FROM AFAR
A Beggar and His Guru
73
2
Milarepa
May I See My Guru Again and Again
75
2
Natsok Rangdrol
A Song of Desolation
77
1
Kalden Gyatso
On the Death of Kyabje Trijhang Rinpoche, 1982
78
5
Zemey Lobsang Palden
ECHOES OF EMPTINESS
Reflections on Emptiness
83
2
Tsongkhapa
In Praise of the Vision of Father Lobsang
85
2
Kelsang Gyatso
Dalai Lama
Ramblings of a Drunken Bee
87
4
Chone Lama Rinpoche
A Response to a Logician
91
2
Milarepa
A Spontaneous Song Evoked by the Dream-Girl
93
3
Chone Lama Rinpoche
A Sky with a Center and Borders!
96
4
Longchen Rabjampa
Melodies of an Echo
100
2
Chone Lama Rinpoche
The Love Dance of Emptiness and Appearance
102
3
Chone Lama Rinpoche
Awake from the Slumber of Ignorance!
105
4
Kelsang Gyatso
Dalai Lama
Recognizing My Mother
109
8
Changkya Rolpai Dorje
STEPS ON THE PATH TO AWAKENING
An Experiential Tune on Eight Dream Practices
117
2
Drakpa Gyaltsen
Lines of Self-Encouragement Written in Lhasa in the Year of the Horse
119
2
Rangjung Dorje
Karmapa
Wielding a Club in the Darkness
121
2
Tsangpa Gyare
A Song of Self-Encouragement toward True Renunciation
123
2
Chone Lama Rinpoche
Laying the Ground for Forbearance
125
2
Rangjung Dorje
Karmapa
On How to Engage in a Meditative Path
127
2
Drakpa Gyaltsen
A Prayer for the Flourishing of Virtues
129
8
Tsongkhapa
VISIONS OF MYSTIC CONSCIOUSNESS
A Taste of Meditation
137
2
Tsangpa Gyare
The Dakinis' Feast
139
1
Natsok Rangdrol
An Adamantine Song on Purposeless Pursuits
140
4
Longchen Rabjampa
A Dance of Unwavering Devotion
144
3
Chone Lama Rinpoche
A Song on the View of Voidness
147
4
Karma Trinley
On How to Apply the Antidotes
151
2
Drakpa Gyaltsen
Cutting the Rope of Conceit
153
2
Machik Labdron
A Feast Song in Lhasa
155
2
Rangjung Dorje
Karmapa
Hail to Manjushri!
157
1
Rangjung Dorje
Karmapa
A Vajra Song Aspiring to Tread the Footsteps of the Heroes
158
2
Chone Lama Rinpoche
Little Tiger
160
3
Kelsang Gyatso
Dalai Lama
An Adamantine Song on the Ever-Present
163
2
Longchen Rabjampa
On the Inner Practice of Secret Mantra
165
3
Drakpa Gyaltsen
At the Feet of the Lord of Dance
168
3
Karma Trinley
In Response to a Request for Teaching on Cause and Effect
171
2
Drukpa Kunlek
Experience of the Single Taste
173
4
Za Paltrul Rinpoche
REFLECTIONS ON THE POET'S OWN LIFE
Old Dog in the Wilderness
177
7
Za Paltrul Rinpoche
A Song of Repentance and Disclosure
184
2
Tsangpa Gyare
A Long Song of Sadness
186
4
Chone Lama Rinpoche
Pay Heed, Pay Heed, O Zemey Tulku!
190
2
Zemey Lobsang Palden
A Spring Day
192
1
Kelsang Gyatso
Dalai Lama
Glossary and Notes on the Poems
193
28
Biographies of the Poets
221
14
Bibliography
235
2
Sources for the Poems
237