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study of Soetsu Yanagi

『心偈』19

「便リアリ 佛イト忙シト」

          柳宗悦『心偈』

A Letter says the Buddha is so busy.

 

Buddha is a merciful heart itself.

Therefore people looks up to great compassion(maitri and karuna) of Buddha.

Karuna  is love.

So when Buddha see a state of numberless people is anguished, his heart can't be calm.

Buddha has great desire of salvation, he leads a very busy life. 

Thousand-armed Kannon isn't pointed to only an arm.

All the body is entirely arms, an arm is almost all the body.

No, in fact thousand-armed means ten thousand-armed, hundred million-armed and countless armed.

Whole mankind is placed Buddha's great vows to save mankind.

Great compassion care for people who lives a sinful life.

As we have serious sins, great compassion deepen more and more. 

But who shoulder that serious sins?

Come to think of it, who is it? It isn't other than me.

Apart from this, there isn't a life of believing Buddha.

Because we find out Buddha is busy for us especially at that time, we will thank Buddha without limit.

 

ありがとう。