The Buddha nature, the purity, the openness, the infinite clarity, is superordinate in everything. In every stone, in every emotion, in every roar of the lioness. Somewhat more limited - depending on the finely spun Buddhist system - Buddha nature is found in every living being, i.e. not in inorganic matter.

Is there a specific expression of this Pure Nature? Of course, after all we are not the same in our embodied form. A human being looks different from a bird, very simple. This is what this experience of the 5 Buddha families or the wonderful, feminist description of the 5 Dakinis by Lama Tsültrim Allione means.

When I hear the singing of the bird in the morning and do not think bird, but am one with the sound "I Sound Now Da Sound", then I am the Buddha nature of the bird. Even if I myself can only croak vocally - that is my judgemental self-perception.

But a few years ago, when I sang or almost shouted a song - I can't remember which one - out loud in honour of my guru Choekyi Nangpa Rinpoche, my fervour and devotion made me forget this inner judgement. This was during a Tara retreat with incredible, surreal experiences. But experiences are not important, they distract us from being one, from Buddha nature.