Photo © Lorie Hollar
Lately with the pandemic and the other big changes in our country, impermanence has been on my mind quite a bit, as I am sure it is for many of us. And reading the wonderful book In Love With The World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying by Tibetan Monk Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche for the second time, I am more in love than ever with a phrase he uses to describe impermanence: the continuity of change.
Hearing the word "impermanence" my attention tends to go to what I don't want to lose. With "continuity of change" we see the truth of the world....that life is a river of always new always new always new again. And Yongey Mingyur points out that it is in seeing the impermanence of every "thing", including our thoughts, emotions, and bodies, we can notice that which is not a thing. That which does not change at all. The pristine empty awareness that is our true nature. I dedicate this song to the Buddhist tradition, and to Rinpoche Yongey Mingyur for the beautiful teachings he passes on in his book, especially that magical phrase, which I have of course included in the song.
Hearing the word "impermanence" my attention tends to go to what I don't want to lose. With "continuity of change" we see the truth of the world....that life is a river of always new always new always new again. And Yongey Mingyur points out that it is in seeing the impermanence of every "thing", including our thoughts, emotions, and bodies, we can notice that which is not a thing. That which does not change at all. The pristine empty awareness that is our true nature. I dedicate this song to the Buddhist tradition, and to Rinpoche Yongey Mingyur for the beautiful teachings he passes on in his book, especially that magical phrase, which I have of course included in the song.
Die Before You Die
© K Hannan 2020
Mutu Qabla Anta Mutu - Islamic phrase meaning Die Before You Die
La Illaha Il Allah - There is only one God, God
Mutu Qabla Anta Mutu
Mutu Qabla Anta Mutu
Mutu Qabla Anta Mutu
La Illaha Il Allah
Mmmm Hmmm
Die before your body dies
Leave all thoughts about yourself behind
In silence watch the continuity of change
La Illaha Il Allah
Mmmm Hmmm
La Illaha Il Allah
La Illaha Il Allah
La Illaha Il Allah
Die before you die
Die before you die
© K Hannan 2020
Mutu Qabla Anta Mutu - Islamic phrase meaning Die Before You Die
La Illaha Il Allah - There is only one God, God
Mutu Qabla Anta Mutu
Mutu Qabla Anta Mutu
Mutu Qabla Anta Mutu
La Illaha Il Allah
Mmmm Hmmm
Die before your body dies
Leave all thoughts about yourself behind
In silence watch the continuity of change
La Illaha Il Allah
Mmmm Hmmm
La Illaha Il Allah
La Illaha Il Allah
La Illaha Il Allah
Die before you die
Die before you die
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