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MasterHonen'sOnePageTestament

(Dictated1212C.E.)

"ThemethodoffinalsalvationthatIhavepropoundedisneitherasortofmeditation,suchashasbeen
practicedbymanyscholarsinChinaandJapan,norisitarepetitionoftheBuddha'snamebythose
whohavestudiedandunderstoodthedeepmeaningofit.Itisnothingbutthemererepetitionofthe
'NamuAmidaButsu,'withoutadoubtofHismercy,wherebyonemaybebornintotheLandofPerfect
Bliss.

Themererepetitionwithfirmfaithincludesallthepracticaldetails,suchasthethreefoldpreparationof
mindandthefourpracticalrules.IfIasanindividualhadanydoctrinemoreprofoundthanthis,I
shouldmissthemercyoftheTwoHonorableOnes,AmidaandShakyamuni,andbeleftoutoftheVow
oftheAmidaBuddha.

Thosewhobelievethis,thoughtheyclearlyunderstandalltheteachingsShakyamunitaught
throughouthiswholelife,shouldbehavethemselveslikesimplemindedfolks,whoknownotasingle
letter,orlikeignorantnunsormonkswhosefaithisimplicitlysimple.

Thuswithoutpedanticairs,theyshouldferventlypracticetherepetitionofthenameofAmida,andthat
alone."

[fromCoatesandIshizuka,"HonentheBuddhistSaint",pp.72829,Englishtranslationpresentedin"TheBuddhistTraditioninIndia,China

andJapan"byWm.TheodoredeBary,NY1969,p.331]

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