"When the World is sorrowful, though you think, 'Even the sufferings of the present life are painful, how much more the sufferings of the world to come,' chant Namu Myoho renge kyo, and when it is joyful also think, 'The joy of the present life is a dream within a dream; it is the joy of the Pure Land of Eagle Peak that is the true joy' and with this chant Namu Myoho renge kyo and, practicing without backsliding, wait for the time approaching the very end and see! If you run and climb the Mountain of Sublime Enlightenment and take a good look around the four directions, how fantastic! The Realm of Dharmas is the Land of Tranquil Light with lapis lazuli as its earth, the eight ways bounded with ropes of gold, and from heaven the four types of flowers rain down, in the void music is heard, the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas caressed by the winds of Eternity, Bliss, True Self, and Purity and indeed they rejoice and are happy, aren't they? And is it nearing the time when we too shall be ranked among that number, disporting and taking pleasure? When the mind of faith is weak, one can not go to such an auspicious place. One cannot go!" -- Reply to Lord Matsuno
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