Did you all see my last contribution?
In the video, BB tells how his students bought him a keyboard for his very own for his birthday and he performs a song he came up with. I didnât know those things were allowed⌠@Khemarato.bhikkhu ?
The Ven. Bodhi lives at a Mahayana Monastary in Carmel NY. The video was uploaded thru the monastaryâs official channel, so he may well have these liberties.
I would totally love to have coffee with BB one day. I just love the man. Probably not possible.
Lyrics:
How would you know if what youâre needing
Isnât something youâre not seeing?
What if you lost the chance to be what you could be
How would you know that something better
Wasnât waiting for bad weather
To soak its seeds, to give you everything you need?We have a habit of thinking we know
The way it goes, then it goes another way
I know the latter is not a laughing matter
But it seems weâd be crazy not to think
That maybe this could be
Exactly what should beHow would you know if someone wiser
Wasnât forging in these fires?
What if youâd washed away what couldâve set you free?
How would you know if youâve mistaken
When your heart is bruised and aching
For a bad thing when all you needed was to bleed?We have a habit of thinking we know
The way it goes, then it goes another way
I know the latter is not a laughing matter
But it seems weâd be crazy not to think
That maybe this could be
Exactly what should beWhat if we choose that weâll let go of
All the things weâve no control of?
What if we learn to love whatever comes to be?We have a habit of thinking we know
The way it goes, then it goes another way
I know the latter is not a laughing matter
But it seems weâd be crazy not to think
That maybe this could be
Exactly what should be
I think this song nicely explores the themes between choosing full cessation, and staying in the Saha World to help liberate others. Or a possibility of both.