NEMBUTSU
by Christopher Kakuyo
Namu Amida Butsu is Nembutsu
It is the call of Buddhas to put everything down.
We need only one thing . . . less.
So stop torturing yourself
with all those made-up stories
of who you think you are
and aren’t, regardless of who
you are or are not, regardless
of what you have done
or have left undone.
Namu Amida Butsu
Namu Amida Butsu
Namu Amida Butsu
Let us attend to each other
right now, right here
Let us attend to each other
to our own funerals
to our own births
in that order
Namu Amida butsu
Do let us attend to each other,
to our lives
to all of life,
as it is,
as you are
Right here
Right now.
Namu Amida butsu
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