Liberation

Peggy Tahir is the SFTS Lodge Librarian, and a long-standing SFTS Lodge member, not to mention one of its most accomplished poets (and chefs).

In a recent Friday night talk on “Liberation,” Tahir shared her own insights and experiences as well as inspirational readings from the Diamond Sutra, the Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation, Union of Mahamudra and Dzogchen, and a lively discussion followed.

Union of Mahamudra and Dzogchen: A Commentary on The Quintessence of Spiritual Practice, The Direct Instructions of the Great Compassionate One; Chokyi Rinpoche

 

Of particular poignancy was one of Daniel Ladinsky’s renditions from the poetry of Hafiz:

Dropping Keys
The small man
Builds cages for everyone
He
Knows.
While the sage,
Who has to duck his head
When the moon is low,
Keeps dropping keys all night long
For the
Beautiful
Rowdy
Prisoners.

The Gift; Hafiz

 

For more from Peggy Tahir’s juicy lenten offering on Liberation, listen to this audio tape.