Prologue 96
Taking refuge in the Tathagata of unhindered light
shining throughout the ten directions
From the heavenly realms on above down to the hellish
realms in below
There is nowhere that is not within the Castle of Amida
Throughout the ten Dharma realms is the home of the Dharma
King
Because of the insatiable longing
for birth, peace of mind is hardly attainable. When thoughts are overwhelmed by
‘hell is decidedly my abode whatever I do’ (Tanni-sho), things turn out to be
so lighthearted.
Other than ‘killing our thoughts’
there is no way out, all are but sense-perceptions and discrimination.
The inconceivable Buddha-wisdom
can rescue the ‘corpses of abusers and offenders of the Dharma’: of ‘me’.
Forget about Shinjin (Serene Faith), but regard submissively the inconceivable
Buddha-wisdom being ‘inconceivable’, and your mind will naturally be tamed. (Naturally
you will attain peace of mind)
Prologue 99
The independence of the
unhindered lights
The joy of Dharma as well as
repentance well up in my breast
Not that we try to believe in
Namu-amida-butsu, but Namu-amida-butsu comes into our mind, and our receiving
it is termed ‘shinjin’.
It is wrong to regard Namu-amida-butsu
as remote at the western Land of Bliss. By relying on the working of the true
and serene Primal Vow-Power only we are able to speak about anjin, shinjin and
birth.
The six-character name that
completes with the virtues of self-benefiting and benefiting others is the perfect
enlightenment, is Amida Buddha, is shinjin, and is attaining birth.
The fact that the Buddha established
is the fact that I am saved.
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