Beautiful Lessons

Following, is a piece from Vajra song of the First Tsoknyi Rinpoche, as quoted by Ajahn Jitindriya in a recent retreat lecture at Sunyata Retreat Centre, Ireland, where she resides as a director.

There Is No Buddha Elsewhere, is a study in insight.

This beautiful poem is brought to life as Jitindriya speaks and builds a part of her lecture around the meaning and importance of the piece to her in her spiritual seeking. If you have never heard her speak, or read her works, I urge you to visit :

http://media.bswa.org/audio/mp3/Jitindriya_2004_04_09.mp3

You will not be disappointed while hearing her lovely, clear voice as she tells you of her life and practice, her studies and her adventures in the world of spiritual seeking. She also has CDs available for purchase elsewhere on the web. [See Google Search]

Many of the retreats at Sunyata Retreat Centre are open to the public.

see: http://www.sunyatacentre.com/prog.htm


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Ajahn Jitindriya Bio (c) Bodhikusuma Meditation Centre

Ajahn Jitindriya is a ( former ) Theravadan Nun from the Amaravati Monastery in England - a community in the lineage of Ajahn Chah & Ajahn Sumedho. She was born in Sydney, Australia in 1963. She studied the Visual Arts at college and later travelled through Southeast Asia, India & Europe.

Whilst living in England in 1987, she became seriously interested in meditation & the teachings of the Buddha. She joined the Amaravati Community, taking novice ordination in 1988 and higher ordination in 1990. Since then, she has lived & practised in various communities of this order- spending time in England, Australia & the USA.

There Is No Buddha Elsewhere

Don’t wander, don’t wander, place mindfulness on guard;
Along the road of distraction, Mara lies in ambush.
Mara is the mind, clinging to like and dislike;
So look into the essence, free from dualistic fixation.

Realize that your mind is unfabricated primordial purity.
There is no buddha elsewhere; look at your own face.
There is nothing else to search for; rest in your own place.

Non-meditation is spontaneous perfection, so capture the royal seat.


from : Vajra song of the First Tsoknyi Rinpoche As quoted by Ajahn Jitindriya