The Vow-power
Condenses into the
calling sound of the six syllable Name;
I am called back
home
To the homeland of
the Father of Compassion.
‘The primal
Vow-power’ is the truth of the Dharma realms, the power and working of
Suchness. The great wisdom and great compassion lie in all the sutras; all the
sutras condense into the two-syllable ‘command (敕命) 1’of the
inconceivable primal Vow-power.
Speaking of the
command of the great compassion of ‘Come right as you are,’ it embodies shinjin
(faith) and nembutsu. It’s not we who
hold up shinjin to entrust in the command.
We simply look up
to and be faithful to the command in a grateful way; is there anything easier
than this? This is the easiest and most straightforward (clear-cut) shinjin;
nonetheless, nothing is as difficult as this.2 This is entirely
unlike the superstitions of praying for recovery from illnesses or praying for
happiness in this life.
As this shinjin is
difficult to gain your trust, you must give up your life to hear the command;
that shinjin is the state of hearing of it.
Note:
1. ‘Thus, kimyo is
the command of the Primal Vow calling to and summoning us.’ (Kyōgyōshinshō,
CWS, p. 38)
2. The human mind
is complicated; they make shinjin that is ‘easiest and most straightforward’
become something very difficult.
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