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Ippen Shonin: Sorrow
From far, far in the distant past,
down to this day, this very instant,
those things we have longed for most
have not been attained, and we sorrow.
Ippen Shōnin (1234–1289, also known as Zuien) was a Japanese Buddhist itinerant preacher (hijiri) who founded the Ji-shū (“Time sect”) branch of Pure Land Buddhism.
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The monk Kuya reciting the nembutsu or invokation of Amitābha Buddha, depicted as six figures of the Buddha coming from his mouth. Statue by Kosho, early 13th century. (source: lone lumino liminality)
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Ooh, like a tiny pierce to the heart, this one.
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So powerful. Humankind’s collective sorrow.
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And fall seems to bring on this ache
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