DharmaPoetry: Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche

Tuesday November 3, 2009
by Paul GriffinAs music director of the Milarepa Children's Chorus, I thought it was about time I shared a poem, a doha, by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche that my kids sing in the chorus. What is the Milarepa Children's Chorus? Here is our mission statement:
The Milarepa Children's Chorus sings traditional songs of realization in English as taught to us by the great Tibetan yogi and scholar Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche. For years Khenpo Rinpoche has been teaching students throughout the world these sacred songs which were sung by the great Tibetan yogi Milarepa who lived and practiced in the caves of Tibet most of his life. Singing songs follows the doha tradition dating back to the Buddha himself who used songs to teach the path of awakening. The members of the chorus are Tibetan and Western children living in New York City.