Heart Sutra Rap By Ven. Kobutsu Malone, The Buddhist Channel, March 4, 2005
Calling all Rappers! You are invited to submit a rap edition of "The Heart Sutra" based on the lyrics written by Ven. Kobusu Malone. Your rap version shall be hosted for a period of 1 month and a poll will taken among Buddhist Channel readers to select the piece that is voted as the "most inviting". Heart Sutra Rap Dharma Rap Masters Rev. Koun Selden (left) & Ven. Kobutsu Malone ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Avora... master of compassion His mind no longer thrashin' Did some hard time lookin' deep inside Wise old Avora Saw with a clear eye The five aspects Of what we call personality That what appears to be you Appears to be me In actuality Is empty Empty in time Empty in space Empty as the clear sky No trace He tuned in with such clarity As few humans ever see Went far beyond sufferin' an' misery Clarified the mystery Broke through the dream Turned to his brother To let him set his own self free >From the chains of "Me" So he could simply be Said... Dig it my brother Satra Search deep enough inside No more can you hide The Truth which rides Around in your hide Take a good look, Ace Check out your own face 'Fore you was born Then you understandin' that form Is emptiness Emptiness is form When the clear sky of your vision Rests as comfortable As a wound incision That personality pentagram The mind's five-fingered hand Is just an empty seat On a beat up old tram Form, feeling, thought Volition and consciousness Collapse in a flash Nothin's left amiss Satra my brother, don' forget Walkin' the path of awakenin' There's nothin' to get It's empty for the takin' With awakened sight Nothin's born, nothin' dies Nothin' rots, nothin' shines Nothin' grows, nothin' shrinks There's no self to think That somethin' exists outside That it rocks or stinks When the pentagram of personality Bursts apart It yields awakened seed Ain't no eyes to see No ears to hear No nose to smell No tongue to taste Ain't no skin to touch No thinkin' at all No world of sight Nor of consciousness What could be other than right? A state of mind That can't be characterized No ignorance An' no end to it No agin' and death But ya' still get old and hit The grave Ain't nothin' to save ya' No sufferin', cravin' or extinction No path To follow to completion No wisdom To be had by rumination No attainment So let go your fascination Seen clearly Nothin' to be attained Seen clearly The show's an empty shadow Seen clearly All isms bring on pain So the person of wisdom Relies on the map Of the great heart transcendent wisdom rap With no hindrance in the mind Just a simple vow Abiding in eternal now No fear No need for hope Far beyond deluded views At last aligned With True Nature Divine In the past The present and the future All awakened ones And those who dare to tread On the path Of the awakened state of mind Root themselves In this great heart transcendent wisdom rap In so doing They bootstrap Supreme clarity Ain't no deathtrap Of ego's grasp Instead they uncap Life's potential The universe they unwrap Know, then, this to be true The great heart transcendent wisdom rap Is the most potent spell The highest formulation The incomparable structure of mind It destroys all suffering Truth - no lie So set it forth Lay it down Great heart transcendent wisdom rap Dig it Gone, gone, gone beyond Gone beyond the idea Of goin' beyond Completely combusted © Copyright 2004 - All Rights Reserved - Kobutsu Malone & Koun Michael Selden [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/WwRTUD/SOnJAA/i1hLAA/b0VolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ** Kunjungi juga website global Mabindo di www.mabindo.org ** Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MABINDO/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
