| Watch an interview with the art director here: www.youtube.com This is one of the prettiest things I've ever seen. This is a video of 21 members of the China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe performing the Thousand-hand Bodhisattva dance; the members are all deaf. The original page for this is missing, so I have no other info... And if you're interested: en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org The musicality of being holds both unending joy and infinite sorrow It is the delicate touch of longing for the infinite It is the tears of pain in the eyes of the worshiper It is the sacrifice, at last rewarded With a crown of roses, or thorns It holds the mystery of all beings who strive without knowledge The infinite cycles of meaningless pain The cares and woes of a thousand lives Can one look at them, and listen without pity? I touch them, I call them unto me Those of little faith, and of great Those who cry forever and those that laugh hysterically The poor, the maimed, the lacking, the unhappy The many parts each person must play I call them unto me, and I say: Take all, take all, take everything and more Your unhappiness is unbounded, take from me And be at peace. They scream, they cry, their tears are unending The many forms of misery which all beings are heir to Haunt me in the night. There are beings of joy, of wonder, of enjoyment There are sensual heavens, and pleasure-filled paradises Yet where may those who suffer and grieve go Those for whom the illusion of ... |
