We're in the mountains and we're making music. So it must be mountain music. There's a book called the Lotus Sutra you really ought to know about. A holy book that has the power to remove all fear and doubt. And this book tells the story of a man Who needs the world to be? Who could just as well have been a woman if not for male hegemony? They call him the Bodhisattva never disparage or the Bodhisattva never despise. And I'm making it my life's ambition to see the world through his pure eyes. And he says, I would never disparage you or keep you at arm's length. But you only see your weaknesses, I only see your strength.

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I would never despise you or put you down in any way. Because it's clear to me, I can plainly see, you'll be a Buddha song, babe. I love you. Now, Bodice, I've been never disparaging, lived countless, countless in the past. In a time of the counterfeit dharma, and he was something of an outcast. Because the monks and nuns of his time were noted for their arrogance and vanity. And these were the folks who exercised great power and authority. But my boy never concerned himself if they treated him like a freak. He just bowed to everybody equally, and these are the words he'd speak. I would never disparage you or keep you at arm's length. When you only see your weaknesses, I only see your strength.

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I would never despise you or put you down in any way. Because it's clear to me, I can plainly see you'll be a Buddha someday. I love you. He never read or recited the scriptures much. He only liked to practice respect But the monks and nuns of his time Didn't mean it like you might expect Instead they cursed him and reviled him And they wished that he would go Because they all had self-esteem issues Like most everyone else I know They'd beat him and pounded him with gloves and stones And they tried to drive him away But he'd just run off to a safe distance And then he'd turn around and say, I would never despise you or keep you at arm's length. When you only see your weaknesses, I only see your strength.

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I would never despise you or put you down in any way. Because it's clear to me, I can plainly see you'll be a Buddha someday. I love you. And so it went on for years and years He was the target of scorn and abuse Yet still our hero shed no tears Nor did he ever wonder what's the use Until he reached the end of his natural life span And he laid down fixing to die And then he heard the holy lotus suture Being preached up in the sky And his life has extended for millions of years And he's living to this day Pages of the Lotus Sutra You still can hear them say I would never disparage you Or keep you at arm's length But you only see your weaknesses I only see your strength I would never despise you Or put you down in any way Because it's clear to me I can plainly see You'll be a Buddha someday

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I love you I love you

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