[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: The Wish-Fulfilling Gem

[Carolyn Gimian]

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

August 17, 2006

THE WISH-FULFILLING GEM

The moon rises, the sun has set,
Planets rotate in their orbit.
Yet the heavens will not change.
This we discover in each other.
Do not hope for too much --
Results might bring painful disappointment.
If you remain without any doubts
That is the wish-fulfilling gem.

Excerpted from "the Victoria Memorial," in MUDRA: EARLY POEMS AND SONGS, 
page 23. Written in 1969.

All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used by 
permission.

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