identical, to entrust (tanomu), to believe (shinzuru), and Salvation (on-tasuke). For it is the Mystery of the tariki Faith that there is no room in it for doubt,--only for thankfulness."

Shinran.

135. "Just as a Son receives his father's goods (as a present earnest of future inheritance), even so do we receive, in the present life, the Merits of Amida's labours for us (i.e. ojo). All Amida's prolonged labours were undertaken for the Salvation (on-tasuke) of each single individual amongst us, so that they are a matter for individual and personal gratitude, whenever the layman hears the recital of Amida's Vow made for his sake."

Shinran.

137. "Even though the Mind of Faith (kimyo no kokoro) should rise up within us, that is none of our doing. It is the Mercy and Compassion of Amida that is shining in our hearts."

[Cf. Eph. ii. 8; and especially 2 Cor. iv. 6. "God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ Jesus." The parallelism is all the more striking because of the use of the word futismos by St. Paul.]

137. "The word shinjin, "believing heart," may also be read as "straight heart." It is found in the believer, and is therefore supposed to come from the believer. But this a mistake. It comes from the Heart of the Tathagata. For, if faith came from the crooked heart of

man, it could not be 'straight.' It is only because it is the gift of Amida that Faith can be described as 'straight.'"

Anon.

[The character for shin in shinjin is #, and means both 'belief,' or 'faith,' and 'straightness,' and 'honesty.' Shinjin therefore means both a 'believing heart,' and also an 'honest heart.' The quotation is from an anonymous book, Shinshukyo yoshu. It is described in Shinshu Seikun p. 563.]

245. "The word Is-shin (One Heart) signifies the Union of Hearts, that is, the Union of our heart with that of Amida. The Jugiron of the Tendai sect says truly that in the world there is always a lover and a beloved, and that love is perfected when lover and beloved meet. Amida is the lover, we are the beloved, and when we turn with our whole heart to Amida and surrender ourselves to Him, our hearts become one with His, and i-sshin is realized. But a heart which is distracted over many things cannot realize this Union--that privilege is reserved for those hearts that are devoted to the thankful remembrance of Amida's Mercies (the Nembutsu)."

Genku.

[Cf. St. Luke x. 40-42]