ORDORI-NEMBUTSU
(after a sculpture by Kuyashonin)

"In the person of Nembutsu opens up the great path of unobstructed freedom."  —Tannisho, A Shin Buddhist Classic, translation by Taitetsu Unno

Six saintly sages
dwelling in me:-

This I never knew
till last night

When I said my paean
much to my surprise

They came out
silent like the deep sky

And they're all fireflies
flying towards infinity

And O all perfect eyes
burning in the dark

Intense like the sun
chaste like the sun

     

Copyright 2008 by Papa Osmubal