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Goodies for the Star Vajra release – a few wallpapers for your iPhones (just Right-Click and Save As) :

To celebrate the visit of His Holiness The Dalai Lama to the UK I have released Star Vajra as a free, creative-commons licensed, download:

[10MB Zipped File including M4B audiobook/PDF booklet]

THE SPECIAL EDITION AUDIO CD of Star Vajra (featuring 4 new recordings of the poems Bedlam, African Gods, Hemmingway’s Ghost and Radio Rebalde recently read at the Wirksworth Festival) IS NOW AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE from our online store.

Star Vajra is a spoken word collection of poetry with instrumental music. The poems are inspired by Tibet, Burma, Thailand and Bali. It was first released in 1992, as Winds of Karma, in aid of the Free Tibet Support Group, of which I was a member. This edition is enlarged with a new booklet.

Visit the Tibetan Government in Exile here.

If you enjoy the album let me know! You can leave a comment below.

I would also encourage you to support Free Tibet Campaign here, or The Tibet Society of the UK or perhaps you might like to support my poetry:

His Holiness, the XIV Dalai Lama is currently visiting Nottingham, UK. Whilst only having opportunity to experience the opening weekend’s talks, I was driven to much contemplation. In celebration of His Holiness’ visit to the UK, I’m working quickly to get my 1992, Tibet-inspired collection of spoken poetry and music re-released with a new title, material and booklet.

Update – Star Vajra : Spoken Word and Music for Tibet now available here as a free download!

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Star Vajra

lost in counting constellations
awake to the suffering of space’s inhabitants
i rise to the dark thunder

star vajra lightning

making its splinter mark upon me
whispering the secrets of a vanishing world
between the pieces of wisdom

sewn into my being.

lost in the words of His Holiness
taken to the summit of a distant mountain
i rise to the stark wonder

of star vajra lightning

taking its tantra to my heart
turning crystal and diamond and stupa sharpe
i rise to the ark

of a star vajra rainbow.

lost in the twisting maze, made of all my actions
trying to escape the echoes of all my ways
i rise to see the mark upon me

star vajra lightning

embroided into my being, an endless knot
breathing with the interconnectedness
of all beings

freeing my consciousness

to drift amid a million constellations
awake to the breaking of existence’s bonds
i take the long exposure

of star vajra lightning

like a pulsar
flashing
in the heart of the universe.