The True Nembutsu Cannot Not Be Uttered

“Practice” is Namo Amida Butsu (the virtue-power of the Name),

“Faith (SHIN)” is the Primal Vow-power of the Tathagata (The virtue-power of the Name).

“Practice” and “Faith” are nondual and inseparable. We say that “We will be saved by saying the Nembutsu,” but the people who say the Nembutsu (SHOMYO NEMBUTSU) are rare. No matter how hard those without Shinjin try to say the Nembutsu, they cannot say it, as the true Nembutsu cannot be uttered. Those with Shinjin say the Nembutsu naturally; this is termed “the Nembutsu that flows out from the ocean of Shinjin.” As “it flows out from the ocean of Shinjin,” Practice and Shinjin are nondual and inseparable.

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