GREAT IS THE JOY

Words and music by former Bhikshuni Heng Yin (Loni Baur)

They say that one who sees
With eyes like blazing wisdom suns
The suffering of all beings
Will weep for evil he has done
Who would have guessed the Buddha's light
Illumines the place beyond space and time?
Who would have guessed that all along
The treasure of his wisdom lies within your own mind?

Great is the joy
Great is the joy
Great is the joy within my heart

What you are is what you have done
What you do, you will become
Don't keep looking for what you never lost
Turn the light around, take yourself across
The sea of suffering is deep and wide
A turn of the head is the other side

Great is the joy
Great is the joy
Great is the joy within my heart

What you are is what you have done
What you do, you will become
Don't keep looking for what you never lost
Turn the light around, take yourself across

Great is the joy
Great is the joy
Great is the joy within my heart

The sea of suffering is deep and wide
A turn of the head is the other side

Great is the joy within my heart

Great is the joy
Great is the joy
Great is the joy within my heart.