The Light of Amitabha

Upon the earth and within men’s hearth All wander to labor when Helios beams And slumber and dream to the gleam of Selene Above Meru’s height are devas lofty and bright Their wealful delight are theirs by virtuous right They glide beyond the skies in their very own light But there is a brilliance more harmonious Much fairer and many times more luminous Than all the resplendence of heaven combined: The Light of Amita hath warmth and enlightens It heals the afflicted and comforts the frightened It eases the mind and sees the heart to brighten Boundless, everlasting and all-embracing It shines forth augustly and upon those passing Freeing them from falsity and Yama’s lashing His golden stature, peerless and splendrous Behold his Pure Land! Wondrous and marvelous Adorned with gems and devoid of the heinous Thus, chant his name and have faith in his Land Vow to arise in the Buddha-land most grand To be amongst the beings redeemed by his hand All rights released into Public Domain