Ehipassiko...Life's Lessons To Know

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Persatuan Buddhist Persatuan Buddhist Hilir PerakHilir Perak

1515ThTh Dhamma Dhamma Youth Camp 2007Youth Camp 2007

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“Ehipassiko “Ehipassiko ….….

Life’s Lessons Life’s Lessons To Know”To Know”

Notes: “Ehipassiko” means ‘Come and See’.

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May You Come and See The DhammaMay You Come and See The Dhamma

Notes : ‘Dhamma’ refers to Truth or The Way Things Really are

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May The Dhamma Bring You Light May The Dhamma Bring You Light

Notes: May The Truth Give You Wisdom, Peace and Freedom

4May Our Wisdom GrowMay Our Wisdom Grow

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Heed the words of the One

who knows

EhipassikoNotes: Follow The Teachings of The Enlightened One, The One Who Has

Realized The Truth

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In the Kalama Sutta

He said so

EhipassikoIn The Discourse on ‘The Charter of Free Inquiry’, we are asked to come and see

and to investigate.

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Don’t you wanna

know … wanna know

The Way out of

worldly woes

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The Path can only be shown to youIt has to be taken by you

Notes: The Way of Truth has to be learnt, understood, practiced and realized by oneself.

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May Our

Mind Be Pure

and Peaceful

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May We Be Calm and Tranquil

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Let us sing it loud and

make it clear

The Truth we must

make sure

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Words of Wisdom we do revereBut never blindly follow

Notes: We do respect the Wise Teachers but we must not have blind faith

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The great wisdom of the ScripturesThe great wisdom of the ScripturesEhipassikoEhipassiko

Notes: Come and check out for ourselves the wise teachings in the Scriptures.

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The preachings of praiseworthy sagesEhipassiko

Notes: We need to check out the preachings of the ‘honorable wise men’

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Practices and traditions

Do not take for granted

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Sharpen up your enquiring mindPeace and Freedom you will find

Notes: The mind has to be trained to be alert, calm, mindful and insightful

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May we strive on in the Dhamma

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Let us sing it loud and make it clearThe Truth we must make sure

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Words of Wisdom we do revere

But never blindly follow

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To learn the Dhamma and to grow… Ehipassiko

Notes: Come and See and Learn the Dhamma …to develop the Mind

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There’re life’s lessons we ought to knowEhipassiko

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Seek counsel of the Worthy and WiseContemplate and analyse

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For all the things that ariseOriginate in the mind

Notes: Mind is the forerunner of all things. Mental states of Happiness and Sorrow have their origin in the Mind

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May We Open The Door Of Our Hearts

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May we have Equanimity of Mind

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Let us sing it loud and make it clearThe Truth we must make sure

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Words of Wisdom we do

revere

But never blindly follow

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Let us sing it loud and

make it clear

The Truth we must

make sure

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Words of Wisdom we do revereBut never … never …ever … blindly follow.

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Ehipassiko ….Ehipassiko …Ehipassiko …. (fades)

The End … Music & Lyrics by Bro. Kee Joo Sun Kara by Sis. Ng Yan Qi and Power Point by Bro. Oh Teik Bin