Reason Behind Your BirthReason Behind Your Birth

A Buddhist Hymn To Reflect On The Law Of Cause And Effect

Who Am I ? Why Am I Here?Who Am I ? Why Am I Here?

May WeMay We

Live Live

AA

Worthy LifeWorthy Life

There’s a reason behind your birth.There’s a reason behind your birth.

It’s not by chance It’s not by chance

You’re here on earth.You’re here on earth.

Who you areWho you are

Is how you have been.Is how you have been.

The Law The Law

Of Karma Of Karma

tirelessly tirelessly spins.spins.

Nature’s Law is Nature’s Law is perfect and just.perfect and just.

Where the cause, the effect is cast.Where the cause, the effect is cast.

Though in life, no one escapes pain.Though in life, no one escapes pain.

This sad This sad human state,human state,

Need not Need not always always remain.remain.

Break free from this Break free from this cycle that binds.cycle that binds.

Leave your Leave your earthly selfish earthly selfish

concerns behind.concerns behind.

Be a Buddha in your thoughts, deeds Be a Buddha in your thoughts, deeds and waysand ways

And surely you’ll be in Pure Land And surely you’ll be in Pure Land one day.one day.

Look insideLook inside

your heart your heart

And you And you

will findwill find

A nature A nature that is that is

pure and pure and kind.kind.

Let your Let your heart be heart be

noble and noble and truetrue

Let your mind Let your mind be calm and be calm and stable too.stable too.

Break free from this cycle that binds.Break free from this cycle that binds.

Leave Leave your your

earthly earthly selfish selfish

concerns concerns behind.behind.

Be a Buddha in your thoughts, deeds Be a Buddha in your thoughts, deeds and waysand ways

And surely you’ll be And surely you’ll be

in Pure Land one day.in Pure Land one day.

Break free from this cycle that binds.Break free from this cycle that binds.

Leave your earthly Leave your earthly

selfish concerns behind.selfish concerns behind.

Be a Buddha in your thoughts, Be a Buddha in your thoughts, deeds and waysdeeds and ways

And surely you’ll be in Pure Land one day.

And surely you’ll be in Pure Land And surely you’ll be in Pure Land one day.one day.

May we live a life of benefit to others.May we live a life of benefit to others.

May we grow in Wisdom May we grow in Wisdom

and Compassion!and Compassion!

The EndThe End With Metta,Bro. Oh Teik Bin