Buddhist Texts in the Current Unitarian Universalist Hymnal

The scholarly blog Transient and Permanent recently posted a list of Buddhist contributions used in the current Unitarian Universalist hymnal, along with corrections of attribution. As I consider the Buddhist influence within contemporary Unitarian Universalism particularly interesting it seemed worthwhile cross posting…

Between themselves, Philocrites and Paul Oakley came up with all of the Buddhist contributions to Singing the Living Tradition, the current hymnal of the Unitarian Universalist Association. There are ten in all (although several are repeats or near repeats):

181: excerpt from Metta Sutta (”Loving-kindness Sermon”) from the Sutta Nipata (”Collection of Sermons”)
183: excerpt from “To a Buddha Seated on a Lotus” by Sarojini Naidu
184: excerpt from Mahaparinibbana Sutta (”Great Final Nirvana Sermon”)
505 prayer by Thich Nhat Hanh
554 excerpt from “Earth Gathas” by Thich Nhat Hanh
595: excerpt from Metta Sutta (”Loving-kindness Sermon”) from the Sutta Nipata (”Collection of Sermons”)
596: excerpt from Metta Sutta (”Loving-kindness Sermon”) from the Sutta Nipata (”Collection of Sermons”)
597: Excerpt from the Dhammapada (”The Path of Truth”)
598: excerpt from Metta Sutta (”Loving-kindness Sermon”) from the Sutta Nipata (”Collection of Sermons”)
679 excerpt from Mahaparinibbana Sutta (”Great Final Nirvana Sermon”)

Note: many of these sources are improperly cited in the hymnal. The list above provides the actual sources and spellings of those sources, including a translation of those texts cited in Pali.