It is said that Maitripa spontaneously uttered this song when he happened upon a couple who was just about to make love. Inspired, he sang about the union of prajna and means (or emptiness and dependent origination) as the innate boundless love that is the nature of our mind

Five Stanzas On The Love Between Prajna and Means

The Milking Song (Saraha)

The Hootch Song (Virupa)

The Mountain Song (Shavaripa)

Five Stanzas (Krishna)

A Song On Non-Meditation (Sukhasiddhi)

Yogini Conduct By Way Of Nadi And Bindu (Ḍombiyoginī)

The View Of Overcoming Mind's Thoughts (Lakṣmī)

The View Of Being Unbound (Krishna)

The View Of Being Unbound (Kambala)

The Vajra Lines Of Self - Arising Mahamudra (Niguma)

The True Reality Of The Vayus (Mahipa)

The Means To Calm Mind And Thinking (Mekopa)

The Gem Song (Dhistijnana)

The Completion Stage Of The Vajradakini (Bhinapa)

The Arrow Song (Dombipa)

In Praise Of The Vajra Mind (Nagarjuna)

A Vajra Song (Virukara)

A Song By Saraha

A Song By Rasmisurya

A Song By Kanakhala

A Song By Anukira

A Dharma Song (Mahasukhata)

The Boar Song (Padmavali)

From The Path Of Illusion (Niguma)

A Song By Girtisinha

A Song By Dakini Tuft Topknot

A Song By Dakini Queen Of Splendour

A Song By Candraprajna

A Song By Bhakadanu

A Song By Bhagata

A Pith Instruction On Untying The Knots In The Yogi's Own Mind (Mitrayogī)

A Pith Instruction On The Liberation Of Bondage (Mitrayogi)

A Pith Instruction On Pure View And Conduct (Śākyaśrībhadra)

A Mahamudra Song (Dhistijnana)

Please enjoy the songs of realization of a number of Indian Buddhist mahasiddhas in English translation and set to contemporary melodies!
This is just a beginning; there will be more songs soon

Note that the recordings here are in no way a professional album; they are meant as a support for people who want to learn the melodies of these songs.

Also note that some of the lyrics may not be in accord with current ideas about what is PC and what is not, but apart from coming from a very different time and culture, some of these songs deliberately use derogatory terms to indicate the highest Buddhist spiritual principles and their ultimate inexpressibility.

Finally, in keeping with the tradition of how these songs were sung, one and the same melody can sometimes be used for more than one song.

I am an author and translator of books on Buddhism, also teaching Buddhism. I enjoy to sing, play the guitar, put songs of realization of great masters to melodies, and write some of my own songs and poems.

I'd like to thank Stephanie Johnston for her help with the arrangement of the songs for music and for singing them together with me.
We both thank Allison Maryatt for her generous assistance with recording the songs at her studio and remixing them.

(C) Translation of songs and melodies Karl Brunnholzl 2007-2020. Arrangement for music Karl Brunnholzl with help from Stephanie Johnston 2018-2020.

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