HAPPY AND MINDFUL HOLIDAYS
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The Buddhamas Carol
or
The Ode to the Vipassana Yogi
I repost this song from the archive of one year ago
To hear the audio version
click: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.
The Buddhamas Carol
or
The Ode to the Vipassana Yogi
Silent Night,
Peaceful Night,
All is calm, Stars
are bright,
Round the hall Yogis
sitting still,
Keeping their backs
straight, exerting will,
Enduring pain without
any ill-will,
Pervading Metta all
throughout space,
Wishing Good-will to
the whole human race.
Silent Mind, Peaceful
Mind,
Thoughts are few,
Pain is slight,
Focusing mind at the
tip of the nose,
Knowing each breath
as it comes and it goes,
Percieving the light
that steadily glows,
Feeling the Rapture
from head to the toes.
Silent Mind, Tranquil
Mind,
Thoughts are stilled, Body feels light,
All the Five
Hinderances have died down,
The Ego no longer is
spinning around,
Mind is one-pointed
not moving a bit,
Enjoying at long last
the Jhanic Bliss,
Sitting in Joyful
Peace, Sitting in Blissful Peace.
Silent Mind, focused
Mind,
Awareness is strong,
Mind is bright,
The Spiritual
Faculties are prepared,
Vipassana-Insight has
Mara scared,
Scanning the body
from head to the toes,
Anicca, Anicca, each
moment goes,
Anicca, Anicca,
Impermanence flows,
The Five Aggregates appear empty as foam,
The Truth of No-Self
is easily shown,
Sitting in insightful
Joy, Sitting in insightful Joy.
Silent Mind,
equanimous Mind,
Awareness is clear,
Wisdom shines,
The six
sense-impingements arise and pass,
No desire, no
clinging, no ego to grasp,
No holding to
present, future or past,
Mara has vanished he
took his last gasp,
This body-mind house
is empty at last,
Sitting and walking
the whole night through,
Greeting the dawn
completely anew.
Silent Mind, Wisdom
Mind,
Now is the time,
Conditions are prime,
The Enlightenment
Factors are developed well.
The Four Noble Truths
become clear as a bell,
The Eye of Dhamma is
opened wide,
The three lower
fetters are broken in stride,
Tonight the Yogi
enters the Stream,
Tomorrow Nibbana no
longer a Dream .
(Composed by Yogavacara Rahula)
