{"id":5144,"date":"2017-08-30T10:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T09:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/?p=5144"},"modified":"2017-08-30T10:06:05","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T09:06:05","slug":"snow-mountains-wear-black-hats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/snow-mountains-wear-black-hats\/","title":{"rendered":"FROM: WHEN SNOW MOUNTAINS WEAR BLACK HATS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5145\" src=\"https:\/\/d2wipdjmobk1g8.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/08\/24171951\/mountain-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"343\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2wipdjmobk1g8.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/08\/24171951\/mountain-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d2wipdjmobk1g8.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/08\/24171951\/mountain-768x606.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d2wipdjmobk1g8.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/08\/24171951\/mountain-650x513.jpg 650w, https:\/\/d2wipdjmobk1g8.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/08\/24171951\/mountain-624x493.jpg 624w, https:\/\/d2wipdjmobk1g8.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/08\/24171951\/mountain-560x442.jpg 560w, https:\/\/d2wipdjmobk1g8.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/08\/24171951\/mountain.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 343px) 100vw, 343px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000\">May the blessings of the exalted sources of refuge,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000\">The Buddha, Dharma and Sangha, the Three Jewels<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000\">And the Lama Yidam and Protectors, the three Roots,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000\">Pacify the terrors of illness, famine, war<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000\">And chaos in the elements: the temperatures<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000\">Unbalanced, grand snow mountains &#8211; hard firm glaciers &#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000\">Will melt and disappear. Rivers and lakes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000\">Will become parched, so the primeval forests<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000\">And trees of beauty too, will near their deaths.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000\">There is the terrifying danger the world&#8217;s reaches<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000\">Will become a great wasteland. May these imminent<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000\">Dangers\u00a0 be fully extinguished, and sublime<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000\">Good fortune and happiness spread all around.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000\">May all beings nurture one another lovingly<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000\">And kindly, so their joy may fully blossom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000\">May all their aims be fulfilled, in accordance with the dharma.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Requested by John Stanley<\/p>\n<p>Composed by Kanchen Thrangu Rinpoche<\/p>\n<p>Translated by\u00a0 David Karma Chopel.<\/p>\n<p>At Thrangu Monastery Kathmandu, Nepal\u00a0 2006<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From &#8216;When Snow Mountains Wear Black Hats &#8211;\u00a0 A Buddhist Response to Global Warming&#8217;.\u00a0\u00a0 J. Stanley D. R. Loy, G.Dorje\u00a0 Prajna Press , Ireland 2008.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>love Annie<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; May the blessings of the exalted sources of refuge, The Buddha, Dharma and Sangha, the Three Jewels And the Lama Yidam and Protectors, the three Roots, Pacify the terrors of illness, famine, war &nbsp; And chaos in the elements: the temperatures Unbalanced, grand snow mountains &#8211; hard firm glaciers &#8211; Will melt and disappear. 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