A Melody of Sublime, Everlasting Deathlessness
A Melody of Sublime, Everlasting Deathlessness: A Song to Remember the Inconceivable Secrets of Ārya Cintāmaṇicakra Tārā — is a supplication song is dedicated to White Tārā in her form of Wish-Fulfilling Wheel. Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo composed this supplication to White Tārā as a song of longing. Filled with evocative metaphors and beautiful imagery, it reveals the immense devotion that he had for Ārya Tārā, and through poetic descriptions of her enlightened qualities, it serves as a teaching on how one may supplicate her.
This form of Tārā, known as Wish-Fulfilling Wheel (Cintāmaṇicakra Tārā), is the bestower of longevity. She is often depicted as luminous white and has the youthful appearance of a sixteen-year-old maiden. With seven eyes—three on her face, one on the palm of each hand, and one on the sole of each foot—her right hand is in the offering mudrā, and her left hand, in the mudrā of granting refuge, holds the stem of an utpala flower, which blossoms next to her ear. She is seated in the vajra posture on a moon disk seat, atop a white lotus.
Teachings on White Tārā with Lama Tsering Everest
For our June Text of the Month, we were delighted to welcome Lama Tsering Everest, resident lama and director of Chagdud Gonpa Odsal Ling, who offered a teaching on A Melody of Sublime, Everlasting Deathlessness: A Song to Remember the Inconceivable Secrets of Ārya Cintāmaṇicakra Tārā, by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo.
This supplication to White Tārā in her form as the Wish-Fulfilling Wheel is structured around each word of her ten-syllable mantra. Filled with evocative metaphors and beautiful imagery, the verses evokes Tārā’s boundless virtue, protection, wisdom, compassion, and charm. Through poetic descriptions of her enlightened qualities, this text serves as a teaching on how one may supplicate her.
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Tutorial on A Melody of Sublime, Everlasting Deathlessness
As part of our Text of the Month focus we held the follow-up tutorial on “A Melody of Sublime, Everlasting Deathlessness,” by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo. This tutorial followed the recent teaching given for KVP by Lama Tsering Everest.
Structured around the ten-syllable mantra of Ārya Cintāmaṇicakra Tārā, the text brings Tārā’s enlightened qualities—her protection, compassion, wisdom, and charm—to life through vivid imagery and layered meanings.