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Thousands (instrumental)

from Dhammapada Songs by Rick Ferriss

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Instrumental version of Thousands for sing-along. Lyrics based on chapter 8 of the Dhammapada.

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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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from Dhammapada Songs, released July 9, 2010

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Rick Ferriss Tampa, Florida

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

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