Just as the ocean’s salty water
taken into the clouds turns sweet,
the stable mind works to benefit others,
the poison of objects turns into healing water.

Saraha

from the book A Song for the King: Saraha on Mahamudra Meditation

translated by Peter O'Hearn


Read a random quote or see all quotes by Saraha.

Further quotes from the book A Song for the King:

• Just appearances within the mind
• Overpowered by the images of the mind’s lucidity
• Progress in the practice
• Overpowering images of the mind’s lucidity
• We have never looked into our mind