Rest in Natural Great Peace
I heard a recording of this in a yoga workshop earlier this month. I found the acknowledgment of the exhausted mind so reassuring. This has been recognized for millennia as the ultimate battle. Makes me feel a little better that it’s not as easy as I’d think it should be to get my mind working for rather than against me.
An extract from ‘Natural Great Peace’ by Nyoshul Khen Rinposhe (corrected 5/12/09, link changed 10/11/2011)
Rest in natural great peace this exhausted mind,
Beaten helpless by karma and neurotic thoughts
Like the relentless fury of the pounding waves
In the infinite ocean of samsara.
Rest in natural great peace.
- Nyoshul Khen Rinposhe





