Bonbu Says...

From the Notes on Once-Calling and Many-Calling

Foolish beings: as expressed in the parable of the two rivers of water and fire, we are full of ignorance and blind passion. Our desires are countless, and anger, wrath, jealousy, and envy are overwhelming, arising without pause; to the very last moment of life they do not cease, or disappear, or exhaust themselves. When we, who are so shameful, go a step or two, little by little, along the White Path of the power of the Vow, we are taken in and held by the compassionate heart of the Buddha of unhindered light. (Collected Works of Shinran, p. 438)

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Bonbu Says…

• "It's all good"
• "No worries"
• "It's always about me"
• "My humility is second to none"
• “It’s infuriating to be wrong when you know that you are right."
• "It is what it is, we are who we are, and yet we put so much energy into trying to change it..... ”