Derge Kangyur/Tengyur e-text, Esukhia/Barom edition — public domain (mechanical reproduction)
The Song of Lūipāda is a short lyrical fragment that addresses the tension between the suffering of sentient beings and the experience of non-dual bliss. The text opens with a traditional homage to the Buddha before shifting to an address directed at a divine figure who, despite being tormented by the afflictions of the world, remains inseparable from a consort of great bliss. By juxtaposing the external turmoil of the earth with the internal state of inseparable union, the text suggests a path of liberation found in the integration of bliss and compassion. The reader is committed to a vision of enlightenment where the practitioner does not abandon the world or the partner, but rather maintains a state of immeasurable union while navigating the suffering of existence.
Provenance
About this text
A lyrical address to a divine figure navigating the afflictions of sentient beings, the lU yi pa'i glu is a treatise belonging to the classical Tibetan period. This work is preserved in the Tengyur, specifically within volume ཟི, where it comprises two pages as part of the General Unexcelled Yoga Tantra Works collection. The text enacts a meditation on the tension between worldly suffering and the experience of non-dual bliss, opening with an homage to the Buddha before describing a deity who remains inseparable from a consort of great bliss despite the turmoil of the earth. By juxtaposing the wondrous nature of the consort with the torment of the world, the work suggests a path of liberation found in the integration of compassion and immeasurable union. A scholar or serious reader consults this fragment today to examine how the tradition conceptualizes the maintenance of an enlightened state while remaining engaged with the suffering of existence.
Cite thisAnuvāda, “The Song of Lūipāda” (Toh 2367), machine draft, 2026.https://naxiai.com/tibetan/works/toh2367
Summary & commentary
Significance
The work is significant for its representation of the union of bliss and emptiness, a central tenet of Vajrayāna Buddhism. It illustrates the role of the consort as a symbol of non-duality and the transformation of worldly affliction into spiritual realization.
Structure
Passages
Section
Description
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Invocation and Address
An opening homage followed by a poetic address to a deity regarding the union of bliss and the suffering of sentient beings.
Themes
Non-dual union (1)
Compassion and affliction (1)
Summary, significance and provenance note generated by gemma4:31b from the translation and the catalogue record.
Homage to the Buddha!
O God who wanders the earth, tormented by the afflictions of sentient beings,
Even so, you do not forsake the body of your great bliss consort.
O, O incomparable consort, you are intensely attached to her!
O God of the world, the Lord who remains inseparable for immeasurable eons,
You do not take that consort of the Māras, though she is most wondrous.
O God who possesses a supreme form, far superior to others,
O, O incomparable consort, you are intensely attached to her!
O God of the world, the Lord who remains inseparable for immeasurable eons,
You surround hundreds of beings afflicted by disease;
O God who bestows bliss, you are the mirror of the three realms.
O, O incomparable consort, you are intensely attached to her!
O God of the world, the Lord who remains inseparable for immeasurable eons,
O Maṭidohaṇa, who offers the peerless and equal bliss!
O God of the Kārṣāpaṇa, endowed with the many qualities of the Victor,
O, O incomparable consort, you are intensely attached to her!
O God of the world, the Lord who remains inseparable for immeasurable eons!
The song of Lūyipa is complete.
Translation status: Not among 84000's published translations, and not in progress there. Translations published elsewhere have not been searched for, so one may exist. (source: 84000 catalogue + registry; checked 2026-11-10).
Set in Newsreader and EB Garamond; Tibetan in Noto Serif Tibetan; Chinese in Noto Serif SC.