Song & lyrics 09 · Rain Lee

放下吧

These translations convey the supplied lyrics for reading; they are not singable adaptations. Poetic lines and the song’s narrator are artistic expressions, not biographical or doctrinal claims. The path’s formal factors and the meaning of emptiness are explained in the lessons.

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Reading translation

Borrow the weathered sorrows of the countless worldly realms For a moment of impermanence, like the moon upon water See the real and false illusions of the human world Turn towards a place upon the lotus seat Borrow the weathered sorrows of the countless worldly realms For one thought that lets the heart grow cool See the impermanent coming and going in the world One turn of thought towards awakening is light A song of the worldly realm A song of the worldly realm A thought arises A thought is empty A song of the worldly realm A song of the worldly realm See through it Let the grip loosen If the Buddha says All phenomena are empty Human beings have feelings Clinging serves no purpose If the Buddha says All phenomena are empty Human beings have feelings Clinging serves no purpose Let go Let go Clinging serves no purpose Clinging serves no purpose Now it is seen Now it is seen Originally there was nothing to possess Originally there was nothing to possess The boundless sea of suffering is hard to cross Turning back is already the homeward path How sad that beings wander on No arising, no ceasing, no abiding The boundless sea of suffering is hard to cross One thought illuminates where we came from How painful clinging can be In coming and going, originally nowhere to abide A song of the worldly realm A song of the worldly realm A thought arises A thought is empty A song of the worldly realm A song of the worldly realm Go with conditions Without clinging If the Buddha says All phenomena are empty Human beings have feelings Clinging serves no purpose If the Buddha says All phenomena are empty Human beings have feelings Clinging serves no purpose Let go Let go Clinging serves no purpose Clinging serves no purpose Now it is seen Now it is seen Originally there was nothing to possess Originally there was nothing to possess Impermanence, impermanence Thoughts arise and fall again Not-self, not-self Where is there something to cling to? Impermanence, impermanence Thoughts arise and fall again Not-self, not-self Where is there something to cling to? If the Buddha says All phenomena are empty Human beings have feelings Clinging serves no purpose If the Buddha says All phenomena are empty Human beings have feelings Clinging serves no purpose Let go Let go Clinging serves no purpose Clinging serves no purpose Now it is seen Now it is seen Originally there was nothing to possess Originally there was nothing to possess If the Buddha says All phenomena are empty Human beings have feelings Clinging serves no purpose If the Buddha says All phenomena are empty See clearly the five aggregates All are empty Let go Let go Everything is like a dream Everything is like a dream Now it is seen Now it is seen The heart is originally pure The heart is originally pure
Original lyrics
借三千红尘沧桑 换一朝水月无常 看凡间真假虚妄 转身投莲台一方 借三千红尘沧桑 换一念心自清凉 看凡间来去无常 一念回头即是光 红尘颂 红尘颂 一念起 一念空 红尘颂 红尘颂 看得破 放得松 若佛说 万法皆空 人有情 执念无用 若佛说 万法皆空 人有情 执念无用 放下吧 放下吧 执念无用 执念无用 看见了 看见了 本来无有 本来无有 苦海无边难渡 回头即是归路 可叹众生流转 无生无灭无住 苦海无边难渡 一念照见来处 可叹执着太苦 来去本无所住 红尘颂 红尘颂 一念起 一念空 红尘颂 红尘颂 随缘去 不执着 若佛说 万法皆空 人有情 执念无用 若佛说 万法皆空 人有情 执念无用 放下吧 放下吧 执念无用 执念无用 看见了 看见了 本来无有 本来无有 无常啊 无常啊 念起又念落 无我啊 无我啊 何处有执着 无常啊 无常啊 念起又念落 无我啊 无我啊 何处有执着 若佛说 万法皆空 人有情 执念无用 若佛说 万法皆空 人有情 执念无用 放下吧 放下吧 执念无用 执念无用 看见了 看见了 本来无有 本来无有 若佛说 万法皆空 人有情 执念无用 若佛说 万法皆空 照见五蕴 皆是空 放下吧 放下吧 一切如梦 一切如梦 看见了 看见了 心本清净 心本清净

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