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