Manchester Buddhist Centre

On day seven of Going Inward Dayamala shares a Vajra song

Free and easy: a spon­tan­eous Vajra song

Happiness can­not be found
through great effort and will­power,
But it is already present, in open relax­a­tion and let­ting go.

Don’t strain your­self,
there is noth­ing to do or undo.
Whatever moment­ar­ily arises in the body-mind
has no real import­ance at all,
has little real­ity what­so­ever.
Why identify with, and become attached to it:
passing judg­ment upon it and ourselves?

Far bet­ter to simply
Let the entire game hap­pen on its own,
Springing up and fall­ing back like waves –
without chan­ging or manip­u­lat­ing any­thing –
and notices how everything van­ishes and
reappears, magic­ally, again and again
time without end.

Only our search­ing for hap­pi­ness
pre­vents us from see­ing it.
It’s like a vivid rain­bow which you pur­sue without ever catch­ing,
or a dog chas­ing its own tail.

Although peace and hap­pi­ness do not exist
as an actual thing or place,
It is always avail­able
and accom­pan­ies you every instant.