Wisdom of the East - Buddhist Psalms translated from the Japanese of Shinran Shonin by Shinran
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he shall assuredly be born into Paradise.
25. Seek refuge in the Almighty Spirit. By the divine might of His promise, by the Infinite One was Paradise created; yea, and the Souls of men that dwell therein. And there is nought that may compare with them. 26. Seek refuge in the unutterable Wisdom. Of His Land of Peace the half cannot be told. Even the word of the Buddha himself could not utter it. 27. Myriads of happy souls were born, are born and shall be born into that Land of Purity, not from this world alone, but from the hidden worlds also, and the Ten Regions. 28. So soon as man heareth the holy name of the Infinite One and with great gladness praiseth him, he shall attain to the reward of the holy Treasury of Merit. 29. Go forward, O Valiant Souls, seeking the Law though all the worlds fall into flame and ruin, for ye shall have passed beyond birth and death! 30. The innumerable Buddhas praise the triumphant divinity of the Bringer of Light. To Him do gather the myriad Bodhisattvas, unnumbered as the Sands of Ganges in worship from the Eastern world. 31. As from the East, so gather also to the Infinite One the |
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