1. Anahata

Look in the heart;

in the centre of its chakra

is David’s star.

In the Roof of the World,

they believe

it holds the indestructible drop

without which we cannot pass

to another life,

not even that of a cockroach.

Anahata governs love,

passion and devotion,

without which we cannot reach

the clear white light,

nor boddicitta

where the shepherd

and the boatman

rank above the king

in the brightly shining mind.