{"id":1515,"date":"2009-03-11T01:38:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-10T17:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=1515"},"modified":"2009-03-11T01:45:13","modified_gmt":"2009-03-10T17:45:13","slug":"the-path-of-seeing-deep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2009\/03\/the-path-of-seeing-deep\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Path’ of ‘Seeing Deep’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bodhicitta (Productions)<\/em><\/a> has just released a compilation of their ‘greatest hits’ for free distribution, and will be giving a free anniversary performance (as above) soon. One of the group members passed me a copy of the CD recently, reminding me that I contributed lyrics to a couple of their songs years ago, when they were short of English ones. Below are the lyrics, which were edited slightly to amend for mistakes in the original wording! They were actually adapted from early TheDailyEnlightenment<\/a><\/em> articles. (I heard from Vic that the ‘Horse Song<\/a>‘ <\/em>already has music added to it by another Buddhist band. Hope it makes it to a CD version soon. I have yet to hear it though.)<\/p>\n

The Path<\/strong><\/p>\n

A joyous thing happened on my way to enlightenment.
\nI discovered I’ll be enlightened as long as I walk the path steadily.
\nSo the goal itself somehow became less of a fuss.<\/p>\n

As I walk and walk,
\nI see the others around me
\nWho have yet to see this great truth –<\/p>\n

That one who walks the path steadily will reach the goal that is liberation.
\nSo I started helping them see this,
\nAll this while as I was walking on and on.<\/p>\n

Nearing enlightenment while helping and helping,
\nMore and more join me on this path.
\nMore and more help and help as they walk and walk,
\nBringing more and more to walk towards enlightenment.<\/p>\n

Then I realised we have all become Bodhisattvas.
\nIn the glorious company of Bodhisattvas,
\nBeing Bodhisattvas to one another.<\/p>\n

See Deep
\n<\/strong>
\nSee
\nSee deep
\nSee deep into the ugliest thing you ever laid your eyes upon<\/p>\n

See do deep that you realise that it’s the ugliest thing not because of itself
\nSee till you realise that it reveals there is ugliness in your mind
\nThat the ugliness exists only in your mind<\/p>\n

Because ugliness is an illusion, so is beauty
\nCling not to the beautiful
\nLet not the ugly be outcast<\/p>\n

Peace is already here if we only see deep enough
\nThings are just as they are
\nBeyond ugliness or beauty<\/p>\n

How deep your enlightenment is
\nIs how deep you see this truth
\nIsn’t that wonderful?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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