Of the paths I have travelled,
not one has a drop
of loving-kindness which frees
the heart to travel
all other paths in delight.
By the brilliant moon,
the stars are paled, their sparkle
lost in its splendor,
so all other paths are made
as one by loving-kindness.
Like the sun that rises high
in the cloudless sky
after a rainstorm, clearing
the darkness away,
loving-kindness arises.
Like the morning star
that blazes brightly at dawn,
loving-kindness glows
more brilliantly than all paths,
its light a guide to us all.
Thus loving-kindness lights up
all paths taken by
the spiritual traveller,
and shines so strongly
that it becomes the True Path.
When this traveller
walks upon that path so true,
one-by-one he leaves
all the paths abandoned for
the path called loving-kindness.
Namu Amida Butsu!
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