buddha's soldiers... a buddhist hymn
DESCRIPTION
A Power Point Presentation of a Buddhist Hymn by The Wayfarers. Dedicated to all Dhammafarers or Dhammaduta workers. May they continue to spread the Dhamma out of compassion for all. Pics taken by Bro. Teh Kee Keang during a Buddhist Pilgrimage to India.TRANSCRIPT
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Have you heard the sound of footsteps
As of soldiers marching on?
Lumbini
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Have you seen their banners waving?
Have you heard their battle song?
Lumbini
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Lumbini
Have you watched their blazing torches Lighting up their columns long?
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Have you heard the sound of footsteps
As of soldiers marching on?
Bodhgaya
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Yes, we heard their footsteps thunder In the watches of the night
Bodhgaya
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And we saw their banners waving
By their torches' flaring light
Bodhgaya
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And the stirring songs they shouted
Filled our hearts with strange delight
Sarnath
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Yes, we heard their footsteps thunder
In the watches of the night
Sarnath
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It was sad to see them marching
To some battlefield of pain,
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There to leave their youthful bodies
‘Mid the fallen and the slain
Kusinara
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That some earthly king or monarch
On his golden throne might reign
Kusinara
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It was sad to see them marching
To some battlefield of pain
Kusinara
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Nay, these are the Buddha's soldiers And the foe they seek to slay
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Is illusion's self that hinders Mankind's progress day by day
Kapilavastu
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Savatthi
Righteousness the sword they carry Wisdom's torch that lights their way
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Nay, these are the Buddha’s soldiers And the foe they seek to slay
Savatthi
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For no earthly king or monarch Do they march to meet the fight
Vesali
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But to spread the Buddha's Teaching In the darkness of our night
Rajgir
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And to crown the Truth triumphant In the splendor of Love's Light
Rajgir
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For no earthly king or monarch Do they march to meet the fight
Nalanda
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Bodhgaya
The End
Know DhammaMake Dhamma known