A Lion’s Roar Eradicating the Errors by Jamyang Shepa Ngawang Tsondrü (1648 –1722)
Tibetan title: grub mtha’i rnam gzhag ‘khrul spong gdong lnga’i sgra dbyangs
Salutation
1
In tune with [diverse] dispositions of trainees, you perform most varied dances;
You open infinite doors of teachings so profound and vast;
Through tales of dependent origination you reveal the path to omniscience –
To you, O lion of the Shakya clan and to your lineage, I pay homage.
2
Wielding a sharp sword together with peerless wisdom in the expanse of emptiness,
you are the true foe of unknowing;
You open your compassionate eyes and smiling lips to utter words of eloquence
for the benefit of all beings;
You uphold the treasury of teachings and scribe these in yogic memory
so that they may remain never to be forgotten –
O you two, sole fathers of all the Buddhas, illuminate in me at once the most
excellent mind and speech.
3
You are a crystal Meru arisen from a milky ocean and crowned by lapis lazuli top-knots;
With a full moon face you have long eyes that shoot arrows of blue lotuses,
Which untie the knots of ignorance in our hearts –
O daughter of Brahma, while opening your most sensuous lips, open in me
a hundred thousand lotuses of intelligence.