A contemporary Doha offering

Here is a fresh contemporary offering from a young buddhist on a journey with awakening in a contemporary world.

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The album is called Doha.

'Doha' means songs of realisation, or songs of experience.
The term is originally Sanskrit but probably best known in relation to the song of Mahamudra by Tilopa.
A Doha is an expression of an individual's spiritual understandings in the form of rhyming couplets. This is a Doha for modern times.

may it spark some contemplation.

https://soundcloud.com/dharmadannz/sets/doha

https://dharmadan.bandcamp.com/album/doha

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Here are the lyrics from the intro to get a sense of what the offering is about:

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just a maverick speaking his mind
sat nav on the atlas never could find
this little blip on the map until I spit you these raps
and on these tracks you'll surmise just a piece of my life
hail from Christchurch, place that nurtured my birth
and where I used to reside but now the city is cursed
you see poseidon
stuck his mighty trident in the dirt and made the earth come alive
and now the city is dying
and insidious minds are on the rise and the shittiest vibe
is what I find, suicide crisis taking numerous lives
they just be losing their minds and now my homies are dying
and I am crying

but through the stress and the mess there is a blessing
the Wangapeka centre I'm forever indebted
With the breath as my tether I see the depths of my fetters
They be embedded and netted in repetitive sentences in the back of my head
with peace and acceptance I see I cease to abet it
just release and forget it and see annicca is prevalent
no endeavour to be better just see clear
and penetrate deep states

till each letter of each sentence that this being'll be penning
will be blessings or teach lessons or be as a means to relieve tension
you're seeing the seed of my deep intention, if beings need healing I'll heed with attention
this pen'll be bleeding till beings see freedom
it's never depleted I'm never receding

and i'm just saying aspirations
but if I can take my pain and my grace and be creative
and offer it, in the midst of constant ponderings
then maybe there's a mate who relates and finds some solace
And on a good day, maybe it could stimulate
a bit of contemplation, create a state of straight amazement
then I could say that I'm pleased I went and made it
and laid these tracks down and gave away them for the taking.
Dharma Dan.

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