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In the retreat hut that is my own body

by Shabkar (Shabkar Tsogdruk Rangdrol)

English version by Matthieu Ricard
Original Language Tibetan

In the retreat hut that is my own body
I sweep away the dirt ...
My retreat helper is emptiness.

-- from The Life of Shabkar: The Autobiography of a Tibetan Yogin, by Shabkar Tsogdruk Rongdrol / Translated by Matthieu Ricard

In the retreat hut

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