At twenty-three, Sera Khandro recounts her journey from a cherished childhood through wandering, hunger and servitude, and the struggle to remain devoted to the Dharma.
After reviving the wild animals he has slaughtered to satisfy a governor’s meat tax, Drukpa Kunle answers a group of prostitutes’ request for the story of his former lives with a comic song that turns his own habits, and theirs, into evidence of absurd past births.
Summoned to Adzom Gar in the hope of prolonging Adzom Rinpoche’s life, Sera Khandro reluctantly parts from Drime Özer and describes the sorrow of their separation.
Returning to the community she had once called home, Sera Khandro mourns the deaths of her lama and son, her homelessness and broken relationships, before transforming her grief into renewed devotion to the Dharma.
Annoyed when Dorje Yudrön praises her prospective husband’s good looks, the young Sera Khandro responds with a sharp, humorous song declaring that she has no intention of marrying him.
A poignant and subtly defiant song in which Sera Khandro transforms sorrow, mistreatment and isolation into poetry, with the blue sky as her sole companion.
Three songs by Lelung Zhepe Dorje combining affectionate humour, the unconventional spirituality of the mad yogin and playful reflections on the meaning of his name.
A concise secret sādhana of Zhepe Dorje centred on self-visualisation, forceful yogic practice, and the recognition of all appearances as the display of mind.
Composed in 1718 amid violent political and religious upheaval in Tibet, this deeply personal song captures the young Lelung Zhepe Dorje’s disenchantment with worldly life, devotion, longing for hidden lands, and urgent yearning for freedom.
A playful song mocking the “great meditator” whose liberation is already “right under your nose,” yet remains obscured by distraction, worldly concerns and habit.
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