^91:+ Shinshu Hyakuwa section 54 quotes the authority of the Chinese Patriarch Zendo, (who is also mentioned in the Shoshinge). It is also remarkable that Zendo speaks of the Myogo, or the Call of Amida to the Soul, as a "sharp sword," a term which becomes more significant when taken in conjunction with the phrase "cutting between flesh and bone," which I have found elsewhere (in Anshinketsugoshokowa) seen applied to the effects of the Myogo. These quasi-echoes of Scriptural phrases are constantly surprising the student in his study of Shinshu books. In the chapter on Buddha no mi-na in Shinshu Seikun p. 362-373 it is said the Name is more highly to be valued than either pictures or idols, for it is indeed the Foundation of Salvation, the hearing of it constituting Ojo (#) i e. "birth into Paradise while still living," or the new Birth of Buddhism. The Myogo summarizes all wisdom, is the fulfilment of all virtues, the crown of all religious rites. It renders unnecessary all other worship, for the Name of the One Buddha is the pleroma of all that is worshipped as God. (Ichibutsu no na sunawachi shobutsu no Na). I have often thought that the Cult of the Sacred Heart may prove to be one of the instruments in God's hand of the turning of Buddhism to Christ.
Chapters
- Front Matter
- CHAPTER I.
- CHAPTER II.
- CHAPTER III.
- CHAPTER IV.
- CHAPTER V.
- CHAPTER VI.
- CHAPTER VII.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- CHAPTER IX.
- CHAPTER X.
- CHAPTER XI.
- CHAPTER XII.
- section 52. Amida, it is said, has two qualities (toku) w...
- section 53. Of the "Might accruing to Amida from His Grea...
- section 54. Sin is an abstract thing (mukei), in the sens...
- section 57. Both Shinran and Rennyo insisted on the supre...
- section 58. Faith comes by hearing. Whenever a man hears ...
- section 59. What feelings are ours when we have thus lear...
- section 60. The object with which we put our trust in the...
- section 61. Faith is given to us: it is not of ourselves....
- section 62. It is true that the word shinjin, may be tran...
- section 63. It may be asked, Is not this 'coming in perfe...
- section 69. Where then does Karma operate? "It is a case ...
- section 65. The faith which we thus receive and accept
- section 66. Of this power we are assured by Faith, the Sy...
- section 67. Some may think that it is necessary first to ...
- section 69. We must beware lest we presume to say of any ...
- section 70. And, similarly, we must be on our guard again...
- CHAPTER XIV.
- CHAPTER XV.
- CHAPTER XVI
- CHAPTER XVII
- CHAPTER XVIII
- CHAPTER XIX.
- CHAPTER XX.
- CHAPTER XXI.
- CHAPTER XXII.
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- CHAPTER XXIV.
CHAPTER XI.