Once our false thinking has completely ceased</br>There is … - Ippen

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Once our false thinking has completely ceased</br>There is neither start nor conclusion, beginning nor end</br>In the oneness of Buddha and sentient beings</br>Say Namu-amida-butsu.

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Ippen (一遍上人) (1234–1289), also known as Zuien, was a Japanese Buddhist itinerant preacher (hijiri) who founded the Ji (時宗 time sect) branch of .

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Alternative Names: Ippen Shōnin • Chishin • Enshō Daishi • Yugyō Shōnin

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To become solitary and simple in utter aloneness -- living wholly unconcerned about the multitude of worldly affairs, and abandoning and disentangling yourself from all things -- is to die. We are born alone; we die alone.

To reach the borders of the uncreated,
Just let go! This is genuine gratitude.

In this brief span this body exists,
Clothing and food are of course indispensable;
But knowing them to be fruits of former lives,
I make no effort at all to obtain them.

Once our false thinking has completely ceased</br>There is neither start nor conclusion, beginning nor end</br>In the oneness of Buddha and sentient … - Ippen

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