Return to Our Original Home, a Pure Land Buddhist Song for Soprano and Piano
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Soprano voice,Vocal Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.939830

Composed by Richard St. Clair. 20th Century,Contemporary,Sacred. 11 pages. Richard St. Clair #5196133. Published by Richard St. Clair (A0.939830).

This joyful and expressive song (duration: 4:15) is a setting of a Pure Land Buddhist poem by the great Jodo Shinshu Patriarch Shandao (Chinese, 613-681 CE). The poem is a call to the faithful of Pure Land Buddhism to return to the Pure Land of Amida Buddha and in that land to become Enlightened as Buddhas.
The poem is given below:
It is regrettable indeed that sentient beings doubt what should not be doubted;
The Pure Land is right before us and never out of harmony with us.
Do not ponder whether Amida will take you in or not;
The question is whether or not you wholeheartedly turn about at heart.
It is said that from this moment until the attainment of Buddhahood,
For vast kalpas, we will praise the Buddha out of gratitude for his compassion and benevolence.
Had we not received the power of Amida's universal Vow,
When - in what kalpa - could we part from this Saha world?
And how could we now expect to reach that precious land?
It is indeed the power of our Guide, who appeared in the Saha world.
But for the encouragement of our Guide, our true teacher,
How would we be able to enter Amida's Pure Land? Let us return!
Do not abide in other lands. Following the Buddha's guidance, let us return to our original home.
Once we have returned to our original land,
All our aspiration and our practice naturally will reach fulfillment.

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