The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa: Volume Seven (44 page)

In the play of the great light,

All the miracles of sight, sound, and mind

Are the five wisdoms and the five buddhas.

This is the mandala which is never arranged but is always complete.”
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Ink on paper, 27 × 34 in. (69 × 86 cm.)

Signed: Chökyi Gyatso

Upper left: official Trungpa seal

Lower right: Dharmasara seal

Private collection

Hum Bhyo

“The simultaneous experience of confusion and sanity, or being asleep and awake, is the realization of coemergent wisdom. Any occurrence in one’s state of mind—any thought, feeling, or emotion—is both black and white; it is both a statement of confusion and a message of enlightened mind. Confusion is seen so clearly that this clarity itself is sacred outlook.”

The two seed syllables HUM and BHYO evoke the union of the masculine and feminine dharma-protection principles.

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Ink on paper, 29 × 23 in. (74 × 58 cm.)

Signed: Chökyi Gyatso

Evam seal

Collection of New York Dharmadhatu

Om Mama Rulu Rulu Hum Bhyo Hum

“She was wearing a tigerskin skirt,

She had a giant smile but one tooth,

She had turquoise hair but elegant gaze

From her single eye.”

The mantra of Ekajati, protectress of the seventeen higher tantras. Trungpa Rinpoche regarded Ekajati to be the protector of the Karmê Chöling Meditation Center in particular, and Karmê Chöling residents include her liturgy in their daily chants.

No date, Karmê Chöling

Ink on paper, 20 × 30 in. (51 × 76 cm.)

Signed: Dorje Dzinpa Chökyi Gyatso

Evam seal

Collection of Karmê Chöling

“A crow is black

Because the lotus is white.

Ants run fast

Because the elephant is slow.

Buddha was profound;

Sentient beings are confused.”
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Ink on shikishi board, 42 × 30 in. (107 × 76 cm.)

Signed: Chökyi Gyatso

Upper: official Trungpa seal