Disciples of Nanshwan, sitting by the fire. Can't hear? Check. Yeah. Hold on one second. Hello? Hello? Got me? Hello? Check in, check in the mic. Yeah? Louder? It's not on. It's not on? I'll sing loud. Disciples of Nanshuang Sitting by the fire Burning old water buffalo cow pies Making tea Now he is gone, we are alone.

[01:26]

Now it's an inch one burning down at the funeral pyre And everything that's born must die And I don't know the reason why Nothing is born and nothing dies The mind is wider than the sky. Well, it stayed up on the mountain 30 years without ever coming down. When Ja went up to meet him, he was lying on the ground. He said, as soon as you talk about it, It is gone. Jao said, winter days are bright. May your good health go on and on.

[02:37]

And remember when old Nan Schwant killed the cat. And Jao Jo set the kitchen on fire. Nanchuan saw the smoke, but did not run. No, it's Nanchuan burning down at the funeral pyre. Well, just before he died, they asked him, where you gonna go? He said, I'm going down the hill to be a water buffalo. They said, can we? Is it possible to follow you there? Nan said, if you follow me, bring some straw to share. And remember when old Nan Chuan killed the cat?

[03:43]

Giojo set the kitchen on fire. Nanshwan saw the smoke but did not run. Now it's Nanshwan burning down at the funeral pyre. Thank you. The next song is about the first patriarch of Zen, Bodhidharma. That's a love song. In a land far away Is a man sitting in a cave Staring at a wall For 3,285 days He's a man who came from the West And they still ask why today

[04:47]

The emperor came down to question him. He couldn't even say his own name. He said, the world is vast, the world is wide, and there's nothing holy. Well, they call him old broken tooth. They call him a Hindu. They say his students are worthless, but I'm his student too. He's a man who came from the West. They still ask why today. The emperor came down to question him. He couldn't even say his own name. He said the world is vast, the world is wide, and there's nothing holy. Well, a man came knocking on his door and said, help me with my mind. Bodhidharma said, if you can show it to me, I might give you some of my time.

[05:54]

The man sat down to thinking. He said, my mind I just can't find. Bodhidharma said, now we're getting somewhere. Let me show you this wall of mine. He's a man who came from the West. Still ask why today. When the emperor came down to question him, Couldn't even say his own name. He said the world is vast, the world is wide, and there's nothing holy. Thank you. I'd like to ask Greg Fane to come up and sing a song he wrote about the Lotus Sutra. It's the song we wrote about the Lotus Sutra. Chapter 20. If you're taking notes.

[06:55]

There's a book called the Lotus Sutra you really ought to know about. A holy book has the power to remove all fear and doubt and this book tells the story of a man who means the world to me 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 Where 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

[08:12]

I love you. Now Bodhisattva, never disparaging, lived countless kalpas in the past. In a time of the counterfeit dharma, and he was something of an outcast. Because the monks and nuns of his day 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'd just bow to everybody equally And these are the words he'd speak I would never disparate you Or keep you at arm's length Where 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 I love you He never read or recited the scriptures much He only liked to practice respect But the monks and nuns of his day Didn't meet it like you might expect Instead they cursed him and reviled him And they wished that he would go

[09:42]

Because they all had self-esteem issues Like most everyone else I know They beat him and pelted him with clubs 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 disparage you Or keep you at arm's length Well you only see your weaknesses I only see your strengths 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 lifespan And he laid down fixing to die And then he heard the holy lotus sutra being preached up in the sky And his life was extended for millions of years And he's living to this day And in the pages of the lotus sutra You still can hear him say I would never disparage you Or keep you at arm's length

[11:10]

Where 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. I love you. I love you. I love you. So we have some CDs in the lobby too of those songs and a few others if you want to pick it up. You've just heard the San Francisco debut. It was great.

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