Following excerpt reposted from: https://unfetteredmind.org/the-magic-of-faith/
“In the sky in front of me is my teacher, arising in the form of Niguma.
Every part of me prays to her to be free from disturbance — physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual:
I and all beings, infinite in number,
take refuge in the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha.
I and all beings, infinite in number,
take refuge in the teacher, in practice, and in what arises in experience.
I and all beings, infinite in number,
take refuge in experience, empty, vivid, arising without restriction.
Repeat three times.
Beings are numberless: I vow to free them all.
Reactions are endless: I vow to release them all.
Doors to experience are infinite: I vow to enter them all.
Ways of awakening are limitless: I vow to know them all.
Repeat three times.
Here in this forest, in the middle of my life,
Trees close in: a darkening path awaits my feet.
Much have I learned, yet more I seek to know.
What sense does it make for me to turn back now?
Buddhas and bodhisattvas,
Wherever you may be,
Please help me to find a way.
Repeat many times.
Though teachers assure me time and again
About what they feel I know and understand,
My heart still longs for what no words will serve.
What is there to do but trust this yearning and go on?
Buddhas and bodhisattvas,
Wherever you may be,
Please help me to find a way.
Repeat many times.
“Find Niguma,” I’m told. With the magic of that name
I find a strength that gently leads me on.
Dark the way, yet clear my heart and mind.
How does this mystery show me where to go?”
