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Dhammapada Songs #2

by Rick Ferriss

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We are what we think Our thoughts create our worlds Speak impurely, act impurely, and trouble is part of you, like the wheels on a car. We are what we think Our thoughts create our worlds Speak purely, act purely, and happiness follows you, like a shadow. Hatred has never been ended by hatred Hatred can only be ended by love She abused me, she defeated me, he robbed me, he beat me, dwell on such thoughts and be imprisoned by hatred. He abused me, he defeated me, she robbed me, she beat me, abandon such thoughts and be rescued by love. Hatred has never been ended by hatred Hatred can only be ended by love                                                              Hatred can only be ended by love Now and forever this will be and was
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Better than a thousand words   of gossip or idle or hurtful speech   is a single word that leads into peace. A poem of a thousand lines   that leads into slumber and fantasy   is not as good as a single line that leads into peace. A warrior who conquers a thousand foe,   on every day, of a thousand battles,   does not win a contest so great as the one in ourselves. To conquer your self is the toughest fight,   with a victory greater than all other victories,   and a prize that no person or demon or god can destroy. Better than a hundred years of hatred and greed and delusion is but a single day of awakening Better than a hundred years of suffering and pain and confusion is but a single day of awakening And better than a thousand words   of gossip or idle or hurtful speech   is a single word that leads into peace.
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Your Work 02:09
Your work is to find your work and then to do your work with all your heart Your work is no one else's work you may not end your work but you can start it Sorrow lives within you Stumble into mischief and suffering surrounds you like a choking vine But happiness is in there too Watch and learn and work and grow light the darkness even in the darkest time Love yourself like nobody else can love you Watch yourself like no one else can do Defeat yourself and meet the master of you Free yourself

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Rootsish art folk-pop inspired by verses from the Dhammapada, a collection of sayings of the Buddha. The original Dhammapada Songs was an ep recorded and released in 2010. Dhammapada Songs #2 contains three more tracks recorded in 2010: a previously unreleased song (Your Work), an extended remix of Thousands, and an alternate version of We Are What We Think.

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released October 3, 2017

Written, performed and produced by Rick Ferriss. Thousands remixed by Bill Dudley.

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Rick Ferriss has been writing and performing since the 70s. Mostly around Tampa Florida.

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