Many Forms of Love

Anam Thubten Rinpoche's new poem on Valentine's day...

Every love has a limit, like the blossoms of seasonal flowers. When love first visits you, you are ready to surrender. It is the medicine that makes you forget all the pain. When you’re drunk with it, the world turns into a paradise. When you’re in it, the color of the sunset becomes more intense. the sounds of the Spanish guitar become sweeter, the redness of the rose becomes irresistibly richer.

But love gets weaker as time passes. Humans need a special day, so they can perform a rite. The kiss,

The holding of hands, looking into each other’s eyes. All so that fiery love can be rekindled again and again,

The Buddha is in love with someone called ”Emptiness”. She has no form. There are no perfect words to describe her nature, she is nowhere to be found. Yet, she is everywhere. You need to be courageous to love her. She will take everything from you, including all the concepts you have cherished. She will render your ego-centered identities into nothingness. She might sever your ties with those who still worship concepts, they can be your brother, or your dear friend. How challenging this love affair can be, most have given it up long ago.

Emptiness, I bow to you. I have no flowers, nor a special gift. As a humble offering, please take this devotional song I am ready to sing

- Anam Thubten

2018.2.14

多种形式的愛

每一次愛都有一個期限， 像時令鮮花。 當愛首次造訪， 你全然臣服， 它讓你忘記所有痛苦。 當你沉醉爱河， 世界變成天堂。 當你徜徉在爱之中， 日落愈加绚丽， 西班牙吉他之聲更加甜美， 玫瑰紅得令人無法抗拒。

星移斗轉，愛情變弱。 人類需要特殊的一天， 舉行儀式。 亲吻， 执手， 相望， 所有這些讓炙熱的愛一次次重燃。

佛愛上了名為“空性”的人。 她沒有任何形式。 沒有任何完美的詞汇來形容她的本性， 她無處可尋。 却 無處不在。

你需要拿出勇气去愛她。 她會拿走你的一切， 包括你所珍惜的所有概念。 她會粉碎你的以自我為中心的身份。 她可能會让你與那些仍然崇拜概念的人斷絕關係， 他們或是你的兄弟，或是你親愛的朋友。 這種戀愛何其具挑戰性， 多數人早已放棄。

空性， 我向你鞠躬。 我无花， 亦无特殊禮物。 請接受這首我已準備好歌唱的道歌， 作為我谦逊的奉獻。