Ballad of Buddha

This day was born long before you

Trapped in a bubble of time

This life is naught but illusion

And death ain’t the other side

 

(chorus)

So sing me the Ballad of Buddha

Please teach me to follow the way

Carry me home to the river

And flow with me down to the sea

 

The oak and the acorn will guide you

The nature of all things they reveal

More loudly than one hand clapping

The nut falls not far from the tree

 

It’s more than just a connection

All is one- one is all- all is one

Let go the pain of existence

Then karma will let you walk free

 

You say that life is a journey

There’s no need to travel alone

Forever I’ll be your companion

No worries our mantra shall be

 

 

Thomas Hubbard (2003)

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