Birth through the Vow-Power,
NamoAmidaButsu—
How grateful
That the path exists!
My birth (to the Land of Bliss) has long been
accomplished;
The Master of the path, Amida Tathagata,
Is calling to you.
How indebted!
For bonbu (foolish
beings) to become Buddha is a tall order; because you are ignorant of this
fact, you keep exerting self-power in one way or another. We have only to look
up and entrust to the inconceivability of the Name and the Vow-Power. Saying
that you know about it, remember it, and think on it—that design of the mind as
well as its object are subject to change. Therefore, they are equally unreliable.
What is reliable is
only the Primal Vow-power of the inconceivable Buddha-wisdom. And what diverts
our attention to this again is ‘the Primal Vow-power of the great compassion.’
The Shoshinge is quoted as saying, ‘When a thought of mindfulness of Amida’s Primal
Vow arises, at that instance we spontaneously enter the stage of
non-retrogression.’ How indebted we are to the benevolence (of the Tatagatha)!
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