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Words of Pureland Buddism and its renowned Monk,Bennei Yamazaki. Glad if you understand not only Jōdo-shū but also Monk Bennei’s Buddism philosophy, Komyoshugi.
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We say Namu Amida Butsu in order to repay the Tathagata's holy will to call on my name and rely on me.
-Saint Bennei-
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The only way to live a true life is to repent.
-Monk Kugai Yamamoto-
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Amida Buddha exists like a mother thinks of her child.
-Monk Saint Bennei Yamazaki-
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As you call out his name, imagine the unparalleled appearance of Amitabha Buddha, with his purple-gold light shining all round.
-Nembutsu Seven Factors of Awakening-
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We receive the light of Amida Buddha and begin a life of enlightenment.
-Monk Kaijo Sasamoto-
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If you pray with the desire to meet Amida Tathagata, you will definitely meet Amida Tathagata.
-Monk Kaijo Sasamoto-
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The Tathagata develops our character.
-Monk Kaijo Sasamoto-
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If we call out to the Tathagata, "Namu Amida Butsu," the Tathagata will hear us, and will always protect us and save us forever.
-Monk Mokusya Tanaka-
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For those who encounter the light of Amida Tathagata, the three impurities disappear, the mind and will become flexible and joyful, and a good heart arises.
-Sukhāvatī-vyūha-sutra-
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Amida Buddha is always in front of us, but sentient beings do not know it.
-Monk Bennei Yamazaki-
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When sentient beings think of Amida Buddha, Amida Buddha also thinks of sentient beings.
-Monk Shandao-
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In Komyo shugi, Tathagata is not placed far away. The entire world is within the light of the Tathagata.
-Saint Bennei Yamazaki-
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Chant his name and receive the light of mercy.
-Monk Saint Bennei Yamazaki-
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May I be born in the land of truth, goodness and beauty, and become your holy successor. Also, may I find peace with all sentient beings.
-Monk Saint Bennei Yamazaki-
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If you can't believe Amida Buddha, it's important to continue doing Nembutsu even if you can't believe him.
-Monk Monksya Tanaka-
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There are people who do not have any deep yearning for Amitābhabuddha in their hearts, but only pray for happiness after death, and I think they are poor believers. Amitābhabuddha is present in front of our eyes as we chant "Namu Amida Butsu."
-Monk Bennei Yamazaki-
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Grant us eternal life in the infinite light
-Bennei Yamazaki-
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Don't feel bad for Namu Amida Butsu of the Scattered Heart. The heart of a parent come to you if you call. Don't worry.
-Monk Mokusya Tanaka-
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To the west of here, passing a hundred thousand koṭis of buddha lands, there is a world. Its name is Pure Land. In that country there is a Buddha named Amida who still preaches the Dharma.
-Sukhāvatī-vyūha-sutra-
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We are kept alive by the power of Amida Buddha. I am not alive. We are kept alive, but we do not realize it.
-Monk Bennei Yamazaki-
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An ordinary person becomes a Buddha. Could there ever be another miracle this big?
-The merits of taking refuge in Amida Buddha Monk Bennei Yamazaki-
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Even a human child can become a wolf if raised by wolves. However, if you are raised by a Buddha, you will become a Buddha.
-Monk Kaijo Sasamoto-
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When you put your palms together and bow to Amida Buddha, you are in this world, but when you raise your head after chanting Nembutsu, you are already in pureland.
-Monk Shàndăo-
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Just as our bodies are energized by the light of the sun, our spirits are kept alive by the light of Amida.
-Monk Bennei Yamazaki-
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Entrust everything to a big pearent (Amida Buddha) and always remember a big pearent.
-A merciful message from Saint Bennei to Monk Senkai Othani-
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Bhikkhus, I tell you. If you feel fear...while practicing quietly alone in the middle of the forest, immediately remember the Buddha...your fear will definitely disappear.
-Sanyutta Nikāya-
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The Tathagata guides many sentient beings, and his wisdom cannot be thwarted.
-Sukhāvatī-vyūha-sutra-
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Namu Amida Butsu is an important word when thinking about why humans live for.
-Monk Kugai Yamamoto-
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The fact that Pure Land is here now cannot be doubted, whether from Western scholarship or from Buddhism.
-Monk Mokusya Tanaka-
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Seeing Amida Buddha is truth.
-Monk Kaijo Sasamoto-
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Have mercy on others, protect me, and grow good dharma seeds in me. And in this life and beyond, please Amitābhabuddha, embrace me always.
-Chinese Jodo shu third ancestor Monk Shandao-
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Even though we cannot see it now, we can clearly feel it in our hearts. Amida Tathagata is shining in the depths of the world and is alive right now.
-Monk Mokusya Tanaka-
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When we remember the Tathagata in our hearts, we can receive the light of the Tathagata in our hearts.
-Monk Kaijo Sasamoto-
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The purpose of Nenbutsu is to meet Amida Buddha.
-Jodo shu Second Ancestor Monk Shoko-
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A full moon with eyes and a nose is also fine. Always think of the compassionate face of Amida Buddha in your heart and do Nembutsu.
-Monk Saint Bennei Yamazaki-
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Namu Amida Butsu means being with Amida Buddha, so once you chant Namu Amida Butsu, you can immediately go to the Pure Land.
-Monk Kugai Yamamoto-
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When I think of Amida Buddha, Amida Buddha also thinks of me.
-Monk Shandao-
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Through the gracious power of this Tathagata, heaven and earth move properly, humans live and work freely, and the world progresses and opens up naturally.
-Monk Saint Bennei Yamazaki-
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Amitabha Buddha is an Indian word that refers to the collective power of life from which all things are created and which allows humans to live.
-Monk Kugai Yamamoto-
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The enshrined main image I am talking about is not something that is displayed on a Buddhist altar at home. You must welcome the living enshrined main image into your heart.
-Monk Saint Bennei Yamazaki-
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My heart, where a demon lived until this morning, has now become a temple where Amida Buddha lives.
-A poem written by Monk Bennei Yamazaki after he attained enlightenment-
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You guys don't do enough Nembutsu. That's why they don't recognize the Amitabha Buddha that is right in front of them.
-Monk Mokusya Tanaka-
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Kugai Yamamoto, Jodo Shu Monk. At the young age of 18, he accomplished Nenbutsu Samadhi and saw Buddha in front of his eyes. Afterwards, he suffered various hardships, including being exposed to an American atomic bomb in Hiroshima, but he overcame them by practicing Nenbutsu.
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Even if I am to become a Buddha, I will not become a Buddha if there are people suffering in hell, hungry ghosts, and beasts in my country.
-Vow of Dharmākara Bodhisattva to become Amida Buddha in Sukhavati-vyūha-sutra-
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Amida Buddha is the parent of your heart. Nembutsu means that your parent always stays in your heart and never be forgotten.
-Monk Bennei Yamazaki-
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We do not eat only to sustain our fifty years of life. We eat to obtain eternal life.
-Monk Mokusya Tanaka-
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I will emit the light of divine majesty, illuminating the world of all Buddhas, erasing the ignorance of earthly desires, and dispelling the misfortunes of all sentient beings.
-Vow of Dharmākara Bodhisattva to become Amida Buddha in Sukhāvatī-vyōha-
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Even ordinary people can attain Nirvana or rebirth in Pure Land if they do Nembutsu with all their heart.
-Monk Kaijo Sasamoto-
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Don't act like a wise man, just do the nembutsu at all.
-Japanese Jodo shu founder Monk Honen『Ichimai-kishōmon』-
Honen's words say that if you get too excited about studies and feel like becoming wise, you forget humility and it actually prevents you from going to pureland.
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Amida Buddha's face is extremely majestic and like the brightness of a flame, and there is nothing that can match it. The sun, the moon, and the brilliance of precious stones are hidden in the Tathagata's light and become like charcoal.
-Sukhāvatī-vyūha-sutra-
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People have a heart that can listen to Dharma, which is a field in the heart where the Buddha's mind grows.
-Monk Bennei Yamazaki-
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First, cleaning, second, liturgy, and third, studying. If the order is reversed, you will not be successful as a Buddhist.
-Unwritten rules of Buddhism-
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Until we develop religious sentiments, excuse me, but what we experience is not real.
-Monk Mokusya Tanaka-
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Even if you cannotworship him now,
Amida Buddha, who can be clearly
felt in your heart, is living in the
depths of heaven and earth, even now.
-Monk Mokusya Tanaka-
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Once you attain enlightenment, the will of the Tathagata will appear in your life.
-Monk Bennei Yamazaki-
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The voice of the Nembutsu becomes a conduit, and the power to keep oneself alive, the power to protect oneself, and the grateful power of great compassion flow through.
-Monk Mokusya Tanaka-
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If you open your heart's eyes, you will be able to see the compassionate face of the Tathagata.
-Monk Kaijo Sasamoto-
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I will open the eyes of wisdom, destroy the darkness of sentient beings, close the path of evil, and lead sentient beings to the path of goodness.
-Vow of Dharmākara Bodhisattva to become Amida Buddha in Sukhavati-vyūha-sutra-
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It's no good thinking that it would be good to make money or get promoted, instead of thinking about the fact that you are able to live by being taken care of by this body.
-Monk Kugai Yamamoto-
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When your dark heart becomes one with the light of the Tathagata, your dark heart becomes bright.
-Monk Bennei Yamazaki-
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When Monk Saint Bennei passed away, two bodhisattvas appeared, and there was beautiful music and a pleasant fragrance.
-Sakiko Kagoshima The woman who was present at the moment of Saint Bennei's death-
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If you chant the name of Amida Buddha ...even if you are seriously ill and your body is weakening on the verge of death, your mind will be undisturbed and at peace, and you will be born into Pure Land.
-Sukhāvatī-vyūha-sutra-
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No matter who you are, man or woman, if you believe, make your wish here and go to pureland.
-Shakyamuni Buddha in Shorter Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra-
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I ask you (Amida Buddha) to use your great power to nurture me who is weak and can't open my heart's eyes, with all my heart and soul.
-How to Do Nembutsu by monk Bennei Yamazaki-
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There is no place without the moon and its shadow, but as same as the moon can only be recognized by those who look at it, Amida Buddha lives only in the hearts of those who adore it.
-Jodo shu poem by Jodo shu founder Monk Honen, Tsukikage-
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The light of Amida Buddha cannot be measured; it illuminates every world of all Buddhas and cannot be blocked. Therefore, it is called Amida, unobstructed.
-Sukhāvatī-vyūha-sutra-
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The nembutsu that comes out of my mouth is not only the voice calling out to the Tathagata, but also the voice of the Tathagata answering.
-Monk Mokusya Tanaka-
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If you live like an animal, your life will be dark. The purpose of life is to receive the enlightenment of the Tathagata.
-Monk Bennei Yamazaki-
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People already went to pureland, they go to pureland now, and they are going to go to pureland.
-Shorter Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra -
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Whether we fail or succeed, we aim to live an even richer life through it. And I will make use of every person I meet in my own way.
-Monk Kugai Yamamoto-
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Amida's body and mind exist in the world. When we have Amida in our minds, he also reminisces on us. If we devote ourselves single-mindedly to destroying the subject and object, the king of enlightened Amida will become clear.
-Monk Bennei Yamazaki when he got enlightenment-
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If you hear the name of
Amida Buddhia and the sutra,
you will be praised, preached and protected by all the Buddhas,
-Sukhavati vyuha sutra-
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Rather than believing based on logic, We are attracted based on feelings. A life without developed religious sentiments is pathetic.
-Monk Monsya Tanaka’s Dharma talk record-
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Thinking that the Tathagata is an expression of compassion, and praying with the thought that living Tathagata is here now, it will help your faith.
-How to meet Amida Buddha by Monk Bennei Yamazaki-
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Since we have been chosen to attend the school of human beings and entered into a life where we develop our faith through the illumination of the Twelve Lights, we must pass this school as children of the Amitābhabuddha.
-Monk bennei Yamazaki Letter of Mercy : Rice Sacrifice-
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indriya (5 roots) are the process to go Nirvana. It is said 5 roots become 5 powers that lead to enlightenment. This is a teaching that is actively preached in Theravada Buddhism, etc. And Bennei Yamazaki preached that Nembutsu training also goes through this staircase.
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Even those without faith have something to rely on. They are still alive because of it. But they can't keep on relying on it forever.
-Monk : Saint Bennei Yamazaki-
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We live in connection with nature.
-Monk Kugai Yamamoto-
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There is no place in the world
where the light of Amida Buddha
has not reached.
-Sukhāvatī-vyūha-Sutra-
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The teacher of the School of Humanity is Shakyamuni Buddha. You must receive instruction and graduate with honor.
-Monk Bennei Yamazaki-
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Your parent Amida Buddha is always right in front of you, with a face of compassion, just like a mother thinking of her child.
-Letter of Mercy of Saint Bennei Yamazaki-
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Look firmly at Amida Buddha and recite Nembutsu. Amida Buddha will appear in front of you.
-Monk Kaijyo Sasamoto-
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Face the person you feel nostalgia and miss. In front of him, you won't be distracted by other things.
-Monk Mokusya Tanaka-
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If distractions arise inside of you, throw them away and do Nembutsu. In time, you will be drawn out from the Tathagata.
-How to deal with distractions when doing Nembutsu, according to Monk Bennei Yamazaki-
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Those who see the Buddha's form see the Buddha's heart. The heart of the Buddha is this great compassion.
-Amitāyurbuddhānusmṛti Sūtra-
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It is a sign of low development to simply chant the name of Amida Buddha and his actions are not manifested on the person.
-Monk Bennei Yamazaki-
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Even if you just Do Nenbutsu, while doing Nenbutsu, do something . Don't do Nembutsu while doing something.
-Jodo shu founder Monk Honen-
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Even if you say the Buddha's name with your mouth, if your mind leaves the Buddha, it is not Nembutsu Samadhi.
-Monk Saint Bennei-
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I must melt into the Tathagata and lose as much of myself as possible.
-Monk Mokusya Tanaka-
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Believing that the Tathagata is here, because there is no place without it,I worship him with all my heart.
- An important mindset for seeing Amida Buddha, by Monk Bennei Yamazaki-
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First of all, don't forget to chant that name. Namu Amida Butsu.
-Monk Bennei Yamazaki-
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There is nothing in this world that belongs to me, even my body will return to the earth.
-Saint Bennnei Yamazaki at Seishido of Chion-in Temple-
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There is no parent who does not clothe a newborn child...When faith is lived, (Amida Buddha) will clothe us according to that degree...What kind of clothes are you wearing in your heart right now?
-Saint Bennei Yamazaki at Kurotani Zuisenin Temple-
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Leave everything to your parent Amitābhabuddha, and always remember your parent Amitābhabuddha. the your parent Amitābhabuddha is always right in front of you, with a compassionate face, and cares for you as the mother thinks of her child.
-Monk Bennei Yamazaki Letter of mercy-
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Not only we receive benefits after attaining samadhi, but also there are great benefits in our efforts to become samadhi.
-Monk Moksya Tanaka-
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Please be careful of this. A common obstacle in studying Buddhism is that one becomes convinced that only what one has learned is valid, and begins to insult those of other doctrines. To prevent this, reduce the amount of studying and increase the amount of practicing seriously.
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As long as you think you're a good person, you won't appreciate your parent (Amida Buddha).
-“Monk Mokusya Tanaka’s Dharma Talks” summarized by Monk Josho Kawanami-
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The more faith progresses, the more you have to realize your own fault and weaknessess. If you think you are better, you lack faith.
-Mnk Moksya Tanaka's Dharma Record-
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If you live by deceiving your life, it will be over when you die.
-Monk Kugai Yamamoto-
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At first, we cannot worship real Amida Buddha, so we hold up an image in front of our eyes and think of the Tathagata.
-Nembutsu method to meet Amida Buddha by Monk Bennei Yamazaki-
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