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(6)INFINITE LOVE AND WISDOM. (7)WHEEL OF LIFE. (9)THE BODHI TREE(6)INFINITE LOVE AND WISDOM Ancient Chant Victor Wee We clothe ourselves, safely round, With Infinity love and wisdom, With love, with love, With infinite love and wisdom.
(7)WHEEL OF LIFE TanHuatChye How high is the mountain, How deep is the sea, How long will man learn to live. How blue is the ocean. How green is the leaf. How long will man learn to be free.
CHORUS: For you shall not go Round and round again In the wheel of life; And you shall not go Down and down again, With your fruitless strive.
How long is the night To the sleepless one, Waiting for the morn to come, How long is the road. To the weary one, Carrying on the route that he can’t
(CHORUS and repeat verse 1)
(8)WHY Tan Huat Chye Why must they all lie? Why must they deny? The words that He had said, And the Eightfold Way. Why do they close their minds And choose to be so blind? Thro’s birth, and death and change, Round they will go again. CHORUS: Round and round they’ll go again, Round they’ll go again. Down and down they’re burnt in flames, Down they’ll go in pain.
Why do they deafen their ears? Why do they not hear? The words of love and peace, From the Master’s seat. Why have they blinded their eyes To the tears of life? And round they’re bound in chains, Round they’ll go in pain. (CHORUS)
Why must they all fight? Why must they all strive So hard and heedlessly In Samsara Sea? Why do they find no delight In the Dhamma’s light? And evil falls like rains, In pain they go again. (CHORUS)
(9)THE BODHI TREE Sujatha Hettiarachchi In the forest dense and wild Providing shade for fierce and mild, Beloved by both man and child, The Holy Bodhi Stands.
In the city’s sun-browned heart Where the highways meet and part, Beneath whose shade the sparrows dart The Holy Bodhi stands.
Down the river’s fertile shore Where young meet for Dhamma’s lore Enshrined within a pilgrim door, The Holy Bodhi stands.
Years by thousands have gone by Since that Indian Prince did sigh, And where became The Buddha high, The Holiest Bodhi stands!
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