SPECIAL SONG PERFORMANCE
The following is the translation for the Bhutan Buddhist Song performed for this year’s BS Day. We would like to sincerely thank our fellow member, Thinley for sharing with us in this rare cultural exchange.
Rare is for the Buddha to come to mankind,
It is not a dream that we get a birth in the human realm.
Rare is to get our precious life,
Should we waste it so carelessly.
The sun sets in the west,
No doubt the sun will set.
Precious the life may be, death takes it away
Death beholds lots of pain and suffering.
Always have we heard,
the lofty place of eternal peace and joyous bliss.
Such may there be the place,
Key to this place, Dharma I have none.
Always have we heard the fear,
Of the place we suffer in pain (Hell)
To end the suffering all through,
Let’s be mindful of Dharma.