What Is Understanding

from The Dream Jazz Manifesto by Jelly Cleaver

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lyrics

Spoken word:
Instead of become a slave to words or concepts
Zen is aware of the role they play in human experience
And assigns them to the place to which they properly belong

The greatest danger man is apt to court is that he becomes a slave to his own creation.

Someone asked Koboku, a disciple of Kyosan Yejaku of the ninth century, "What is right hearing?". He gave the following gatha:

"Who is it that asks about the transforming of mountains and rivers
Where is the Buddha
What is Understanding"

What is
Who is
Where is
What is understanding

I be standing under the sun

Man, all suffering comes from the material
Man, don't be a slave to your own creation

I be understanding the sun

Spoken word:
The master's reply in the form of a counter-question was , "Do you hear now?"

If satori would come upon me
I would escape from this earthly being
If satori would guide our glory
We would escape all the suffering
All the suffering, all the suffering

credits

from The Dream Jazz Manifesto, released May 21, 2019
Composition, lyrics, production - Jelly Cleaver
Guitar, keys, electric bass, vocals, percussion - Jelly Cleaver
Piano - Roella Oloro
Electric Bass - Isobella Burnham
Drums - Romarna Campbell
Violin - Rhiannon Dimond
Viola - Julia Vaughan
Cello - Miranda Lewis
Trumpet - Lettie Leyland
Alto Saxophone - Beth Hopkins
Trombone - Will Heaton
Studio Engineer - Jelly Cleaver
Studio Engineers for Piano - Lizzie Arnold and Marta Maria Di Nozzi, Abbey Road Institute
Studio Engineer for Drums - Grace Banks, Roundhouse Studio
Studio Engineer for Strings - Neil Goody, Premises Studios
Studio Engineer for Horns - Jack Allett, Roundhouse Studio
Mix Engineer - Jelly Cleaver and Jack Allett
Mastering Engineer - Katie Tavini

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