Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, Jesse Paris Smith - Listen Without Distraction lyrics

[Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, Jesse Paris Smith - Listen Without Distraction lyrics]

If you are afraid, you will escape
From the lights of wisdom
And be attracted to the soft lights
Of the six realms of existence

Under  the influence of bad Karma
You will be attracted to the soft
White light of the gods

Under  the influence of aggression
You will be attracted to the soft
Smoky lights of the hell-beings

Under the influence of pride
You will be attracted to the soft
Blue light of the human beings

Under the influence of intense desire
You will be attracted to the soft
Yellow light of the hungry ghosts

And  under the influence of envy
You will be attracted to the soft
Red light of the jealous gods
They  are an obstacle blocking the
Path to liberation and
If you are attracted to the soft lights
You will circle forever among the
Six kinds of existence

So give up pride, aggression, desire
And envy give up
Your unconscious tendencies feel longing
For the luminous, brilliant
Light ray hooks of compassion

Awakened  one, listen without distraction

Even though you were shown the
Light of each of the five families - you
Were bewildered by them
If you had recognised the natural
Radiance of the wisdom
Of those five families as
Your own projection
You would have dissolved into the rainbow
Light and the body of
One of the five families and
Become a sambhogakaya Buddha

So now, watch without distraction

On the sixth day
The five families will all appear
Together and what is
Called the four wisdoms combined will come to
Invite you recognise them beyond those
Buddhas of the five families
The eight wrathful male and female
Guardians of the gates
And the six sages will also appear

Samantabhatra,   and Samantabhatri
The all-good Mother
And Father of the Buddhas, will also appear
These fourty-two deities of
The sambhogakaya will
Emerge from within your own heart
And appear before you

They are the pure form of your own
Projections so recognise them
The whole mandala, the
Male and female deities of the five families
Will appear at one recognise them
Because they are your yidams

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