When I sincerely utter
the Name-that-calls,
the Lord Buddha Amida
is calling me home -
Namu Amida Butsu!
Thus does this old fool
rely on Other-Power,
on Amida's grace.
To merely utter the Nembutsu with only the belief of rebirth in the Pure Land is self-power (jiriki).
When the Pure Land devotee utters the Nembutsu with the thought that it is the Name-that-calls, then it is truly Other-power.
For it is truly is Amida calling me home.
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