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I want to be a Bodhisattva Baby
Created in 1968 or earlier but not written down till later.
Sung a capella to Shunryu Suzuki and fellow students at Tassajara
at a picnic at the Horse Pasture in 1968.
Mentioned in Crooked Cucumber chapter 15

#23  on list of all songs


Listen to the MP3 recorded on an office cassette machine

 


PDF of oldest written copy - with chords

PDF of a typed copy - with chords

I want to be your Bodhisattva baby

I want to be your Bodhisattva love

I want to have a lotta

Of what it is you gotta

Got to be a Bodhisattva

Oh yes I do - oh yes I do

 

Don't want to be no Pratyeka Buddha baby

Don't want to be no angel in the sky

Don't want to disappear

Just want to volunteer

To be a Bodhisattva

Yes I do - oh yes I do

 

repeat first verse

Indonesian
unchecked Google translate

Saya ingin menjadi bayi Bodhisattva

Saya ingin menjadi bayi Bodhisattva Anda
Aku ingin menjadi cinta Bodhisattvamu
Saya ingin punya banyak
Dari apa yang Anda harus
Harus menjadi Bodhisattva
Oh ya saya lakukan - oh ya saya lakukan

Tidak ingin menjadi bayi Buddha Pratyeka
Tak ingin jadi bidadari di langit
Tak ingin menghilang
Hanya ingin menjadi sukarelawan
Menjadi Bodhisattva
Ya saya lakukan - oh ya saya lakukan

ulangi ayat pertama



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