Eh Ma Oh !
Vajrasattva painted by Aloka
Dharma Wondrous Strange !
Profoundest Mystery of the Perfect Ones.
Within the Birthless, all things take their birth,
Yet in that birth, nothing is borne.
Eh Ma Oh !
Dharma Wondrous Strange !
Profoundest Mystery of the Perfect Ones.
Within the Ceaseless, all things cease to be
Yet in that ceasing, nothing ceases.
Eh Ma Oh !
Dharma Wondrous Strange !
Profoundest Mystery of the Perfect Ones.
Within the Non-abiding, all abides,
Yet thus abiding, there abideth naught.
Eh Ma Oh !
Dharma Wondrous Strange !
Profoundest Mystery of the Perfect Ones.
In Non-perception, everything is perceived,
Yet this perceiving is quite perceptionless.
Eh Ma Oh !
Dharma Wondrous Strange !
Profoundest Mystery of the Perfect Ones.
In the Unmoving, all things come and go,
Yet in that movement, nothing ever moves.
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10/03/2011 at 6:09 pm
Bodhipaksa
I wonder where that translation’s from? Or if it’s simply an adaptation of the only translation I know of: Blofeld’s The Tantric Mysticism of Tibet. That version is only slightly different:
E Ma 0! O wondrous Dharma most marvellously rare, Profoundest mystery of the Perfect Ones,
Within the Birthless, all things take their birth, Yet taking birth is naught which can be born!
E Ma 0! O wondrous Dharma most marvellously rare,
Profoundest mystery of the Perfect Ones,
Within the Ceaseless, all things cease to be
Yet ceasing thus, is nothing which can cease!
E Ma 0! O wondrous Dharma most marvellously rare,
Profoundest mystery of the Perfect Ones,
Within the Non-Abiding, all abides,
Yet, thus abiding, there abideth naught!
E Ma 0! O wondrous Dharma most marvellously rare,
Profoundest mystery of the Perfect Ones,
In Non-perception, all things are perceived,
Yet this perceiving’s quite perceptionless!
E Ma 0! O wondrous Dharma most marvellously rare,
Profoundest mystery of the Perfect Ones,
In the Unmoving, all things come and go,
Yet in that movement nothing ever moves!
10/03/2011 at 6:19 pm
Alan Ashley
I’m interested to hear of that translation – I’ve looked for it previously and failed to find any other references – although I was using ‘Dharma wondrous strange’ as my search term, which would explain it. I took this from one of Lokabandhu’s sites, and (thanks to a bit of homework by Jayarava) I think it’s the version Sangharakshita uses in Lecture 72: The Buddha and Bodhisattva: Eternity and Time http://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/texts/lecturetexts/072_The_Buddha_and_Bodhisattva_-_Eternity_and_Time.pdf (1969)
“These verses have never been published; they were privately translated… almost exactly ten years ago.”
As Jayaraja observes: – I think this is saying that Bhante or someone close to him translated them in 1959. Dhardo Rimpoche? The English has Bhante’s touch I think. Maybe the Sadhana remains untranslated? There are 1000’s of them.