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Sunday, September 11, 2016

Our Hero

http://www.dharmacowboys.com/media/01%20Our%20Hero.mp3

Our Hero (aka the Lotus Sutra Song) Words by Greg Fain 

There’s a book called the Lotus Sutra, you really oughta know about 
A holy book that has the power to remove all fear and doubt 
And this book tells the story of a man who means the world to me 
Who could just as well’ve been a woman If not for male hegemony 
They call him the Bodhisattva Never Disparage, 
or the Bodhisattve Never Despise 
And I’m makin’ it my life’s ambition 
to see the world through his pure eyes 
And he says

Chorus: 

I would never disparage you or keep you at arm’s length 
Where you only see your weaknesses, I only see your strength 
I would never despise you or put you down in any way 
Because it’s clear to me 
I can plainly see 
You’ll be a buddha someday 
I love you

Now Bodhisattva Never Disparaging lived countless kalpas in the past 
In a time of the Counterfeit Dharma, 
and he was something of an outcast 
Because the monks and nuns of his time were noted for their arrogance and vanity 
And these were the folks who exercised great power and authority 
But my boy never concerned himself if they treated him like a freak 
He’d just bow to everybody equally and these are the words he’d speak

Chorus 

I would never disparage you or keep you at arm’s length 
Where you only see your weaknesses, I only see your strength 
I would never despise you or put you down in any way 
Because it’s clear to me 
I can plainly see 
You’ll be a buddha someday 
I love you

He never read or recited the scriptures much 
He only liked to practice respect 
But the monks and nuns of his time didn’t meet it like you’d might expect Instead they cursed him and reviled him and they wished that he would go Because they all had self-esteem issues, like most everyone else I know 
They beat him and pelted him with clubs and stones, 
and they tried to drive him away 
But he’d just run off to a safe distance 
And then he’d turn around and say

Chorus 

I would never disparage you or keep you at arm’s length 
Where you only see your weaknesses, I only see your strength 
I would never despise you or put you down in any way 
Because it’s clear to me 
I can plainly see 
You’ll be a buddha someday 
I love you

And so it went on for years and years 
He was the target of scorn and abuse 
Yet still our hero shed no tears nor did he ever wonder what’s the use 
Until it reached the end of his natural lifespan and he laid down fixin’ to die 
And then he heard the Holy Lotus Sutra being preached up in the sky 
And his life was extended for millions of years and he’s livin’ to this day 
And in the pages of the Lotus Sutra, you still can hear him say 

Chorus

I would never disparage you or keep you at arm’s length 
Where you only see your weaknesses, I only see your strength 
I would never despise you or put you down in any way 
Because it’s clear to me 
I can plainly see 
You’ll be a buddha someday 
I love you

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