Life Is Already a Crime

Life is already a crime,
Embodied we are doing time,
And should not the lesson be learned,
To jail we'll be swiftly returned.

And next time it could be much worse,
To linger as a wolf or a horse,
Or even as a being of hell,
In unspeakable suffering dwell.

This is the perfect chance,
To break off Samsara at once,
Enlighten in Amida's Pure Land,
To help beings all without end! 

Amitabha's Great Name

Amitabha's great Name
Is truly my real home,
Exhausted by all things vain,
I dive into its boundless calm.

The mind by thoughts so torn,
Obtains the longed for release,
The heart so emotionally worn,
Immerses itself into peace.

Amidst Samsara's taints,
Burdened by flesh and bones,
Nembutsu is the voice of Pure Land,
Empowering you to go on...