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Freed From Desire — how did a Buddhist mantra become a viral football anthem?

Whether at a match or a march, Gala Rizzatto’s enduring 1996 Eurodance hit has come to symbolise jubilation, catharsis and defiance
England fans in white jerseys and England hats cheer and celebrate, some with arms raised, after Jude Bellingham scores.

The man in that café didn’t know that those lyrics, to that seemingly disposable dance track, are actually something of a Buddhist prayer. Rizzatto said clubs were her “church” and Buddhism was the only philosophy she felt close to. Across Europe, on dance floors, at protest marches and in moments of elation in football grounds, most recently at this year’s World Cup, millions have been chanting this pseudo-mantra unknowingly.

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