Amitabha

Loni Baur (former Bhikshuni Heng-yin) co-producer, lyrics, music, vocals, acoustic guitar, all songs except “I’m Really Lucky,” lyrics by Venerable Master Hua. © 1981 Wondrous Sound Music

Don’t say the Western Land is somebody else’s dream
Here in the suffering Saha world things are not what they seem
And if you can learn to return the light and recite the Buddha’s name a lot
Then the seven pools with their seven jewels appear in the space of a thought

Amitabha Buddha in a former life was a Bhikshu named Fazang
He made forty-eight vows and every vow he made was to take living beings along
To the Western Land where the living’s grand and the people have no pain
And don’t you know that you can go, if you just keep reciting his name

Don’t say the Western Land is somebody else’s dream
Here in the suffering Saha world things are not what they seem
But if you can learn to return the light and recite the Buddha’s name a lot
Then the seven pools with their seven jewels appear in the space of a thought

Of the colors of the mountain, none are not his vast long tongue
In the sparkling streams and the forest green, his compassionate song is sung
The water flows, the wind blows, whispering his name
And when he takes you by the hand to the happy land, you’ll be so glad you came

So, don’t say the Western Land is somebody else’s dream
Here in the suffering Saha world things are not what they seem
And if you can learn to return the light and recite the Buddha’s name a lot
Then the seven pools with their seven jewels appear in the space of a thought