ehipassiko...life's lessons to know
DESCRIPTION
A Power Point Presentation for the Theme Song of the 15th Dhamma Youth Camp ( 2007 ) of a Buddhist Association. For Students and Youths keen on the Dhamma. There are LIFE Messages to reflect upon. Song sung by some students led by Chow Chuan Yan.TRANSCRIPT
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Persatuan Buddhist Persatuan Buddhist Hilir PerakHilir Perak
1515ThTh Dhamma Dhamma Youth Camp 2007Youth Camp 2007
ThemeTheme
“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