Excellent, indeed!
On a more serious note, this reminded me of some of the liturgy of Nalandabodhi, a Tibetan Buddhist sangha headquartered in Seattle. They have a book of songs written by various Tibetan eminences, and set to music by sangha members. Some of them are quite nice, in a Tibetan Buddhist way. Here's an example:
World, we live and die on your lap.
On you we experience all our woes and joys.
You are our ancestral home of old.
Forever we cherish and adore you.
We wish to transform you into the pure realm of our dreams.
We wish to transform you into a land for all creatures,
Equal for all and free of prejudice.
We wish to transform you into a loving, warm, and gentle goddess.
Our hope in you is so ever resolute.
So please be the ground on which we all may live
So all these wishes may come true,
So all these wishes may come true.
Do not show us the dark side of your character,
Where nature's calamities reign.
In every section of our world's land
May there thrive a fertile field of peace and joy,
Rich with the leaves and fruits of happiness,
Filled with the many sweet scents of freedom.
May we fulfill our countless and boundless wishes.
Composed by His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa,
Ogyen Drodul Trinley Dorje.
©2005 by His Holiness Ogyen Drodul Trinley Dorje, the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa. Translated under the guidance of The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche by Tyler Dewar. Musical arrangement by Christopher Stagg and Tyler Dewar.
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I was initially quite shocked, and surprised.
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I've been working 12 hour shifts at night and I've completely lost track of the day or time...At least that's what I'm blaming for my completely falling for this. Nice one Jundo!Leave a comment:
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Jundo, you got me too with Britney!!!!!. Hardeharhar.
Nenka, thanks for the rap. I'm so down with that, sista........!!
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Just brilliant
for me too Britney's ordination brought some sense in my thinking finally although I do remember a zazenkai where you replaced the heart sutra with a housebeat from youtube. In a way it's not an entirely bonkers idea really.
Gassho Ongen
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Nenka, Thank you for that! Loved it!
And Joyo, I'm sure it was only sage.
Gassho with a smirk,
Entai
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This morning I promised to myself I would not fall for phony headlines and would not believe anything from the sites I like. I was doing a good job until now...
I TOTALLY FELL FOR THIS!!
As I read I was thinking what is wrong with the Heart Sutra? What's wrong with our practice? Until I got to Britney Spears. I laughed hard!
Thanks Jundo!
Gassho
Kyonin
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Guest repliedNenka, that is just hilarious!!!
Gassho,
Joyo
smokin' some weed today
oops, I forgot, April Fool's is only until noon, so then, I did sit today, promise no weed, never
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I thought it was a great idea. Been passing off song lyrics here for a long time.
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Well, I think it's time we dropped this whole "right speech" thing and embraced something with a little more NSFW language!
. . . well, perhaps not . . .
Gassho
Jen
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OK, as instructed I did the Britney practice and report back.
She's got some very good dancers in her crew, doesn't she?
Guessing from the dancing the Heart Sutra recorded versions, some of our unsui have the same talent.
So that's settled, but who would be doing the Britney part??
Gassho,
Danny
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