O Come All Ye Buddhists

(to the tune of “O Come, All Ye Faithful”)

O come all ye Buddhists

And hear the genuine Dharma

Learn of loving kindness

And compassion

First, be impartial

Toward enemies, friends, and neutral beings

Neutralize aversion

Neutralize attachment

View faults as circumstantial

Mere appearances

With faith and diligence

And the guru’s blessing

Develop loving kindness

For the benefit of all

Feel tender love for

Your mother in this lifetime

See all beings as your mother

Appreciate their kindness

And wish to repay them

The bodhisattva way

Then loving kindness

Generates compassion

And superior aspiration

Leads to bodhicitta

Imagine your mothers

Suffering in all the realms

Unbearable awareness

Direct and non-conceptual

Will give rise to the longing

To liberate all beings

Inspired by the teachings of Drupon Khenpo Lodro Namgyal (as translated by Jim Scott) in the Rigpe Dorje Spring Program at Pullahari Monastery. Written by Tania Israel, March 28, 2007 at Pullahari.