Suffering Into Compassion: Transmission of Avalokiteshvara

Thank you for downloading this transmission of Avlokiteshvara,

The Bodhisattva of Compassion and the Spiritual Emanation of Amitabha.

The musicality of being holds both unending joy and infinite sorrow.

It is the delicate touch of longing for the infinite.

It is the tears of pain in the eyes of the worshiper.

It is the sacrifice at last rewarded with a crown of roses or thorns.

It holds the mystery of all beings who strive without knowledge.

The infinite cycles of meaningless pain.

The cares and woes of a thousand lives.

Can one look at them,

Listen,

Without pity?

I touch them.

I call them unto me.

Those of little faith and of great.

Those who cry forever and those who laugh hysterically.

Poor,

Maimed,

The lack,

The unhappy.

Many parts each person must play.

I call them unto me and I say take all,

Take all,

Take everything and more.

Your happiness is unbounded.

Take from me and be at peace.

They scream,

They cry,

Their tears are unending.

The many forms of misery which all beings are heir to haunt me.

There are beings of joy,

Wonder,

Of enjoyment.

There are sensual heavens and pleasure-filled paradises.

Yet where may those who suffer and grieve go?

Those for whom the illusion of separateness is the truest reality.

Ropes and coils of evil deceptions.

Locks and bars and endless loneliness.

Before joy comes sorrow.

Before knowledge,

Pain.

Before the thrill of enlightenment am I who aid the wounded.

I share their grief.

I hold them in my arm.

I shed my tears that they may realize they are not alone.

The vast depths of this infinite universe.

There is one who cares.

This has been a transmission of Avalokiteshvara,

Bodhisattva of compassion and spiritual emanation of Amitabha.

Thank you so much for joining me,

For listening,

And for connecting to the infinite in everything.

Till we meet again.