Had I not known sorrow and remorse,
How could I have entered the path to release?
Had I not placed my trust in a teacher,
How could I have attained the ultimate power?
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Tantepa
from the book Masters of Mahamudra: Songs and Histories of the Eighty-Four Buddhist Siddhas