Kongpo Lama
Yeshe Tsondru
(1761 – 1816)
“To me and the wanderers fallen into the depths
Of the frightful abyss of samsara, overcome
By dense darkness of suffering, knowing not what to do,
Please show the light of Dharma, the Path of Freedom!”
From The Essence of Nectar – Stages of the Path to Enlightenment by Kongpo Lama Yeshe Tsondru As translated in: The Essential Nectar: Meditations on the Buddhist Path by Geshe Rabten. Edited and verse translation by Martin Wilson. Wisdom Publications (now available again for purchase in paperback and eBook: http://www.wisdompubs.org/book/essential-nectar).