If God is said to be the only one, then there is no God of Christianity, Islam, Judaism, or Japan.
If God is said to be absolute, then there is no superior or inferior God, no right or wrong God.
The term “only absolute” signifies such things.
God is God.
The only absolute God transcends everything and is indiscriminate. Initially, phenomena have no meaning.
Because they have no meaning, they are real.
Form is emptiness. Emptiness is form.
Initially, the real has no name. People give it a name.
When it has a name, the real is lost, and the name represents the body.
There are no imperfect beings in this world.
Once discrimination is made, there are no perfect beings.
Once something becomes imperfect, the word “perfect” gains meaning.
In the end, both perfection and imperfection disappear.
For the nobles of the Heian period, events in Europe did not exist.
A friend with no news lives only in memory.
Ultimately, people cannot step out of their own world.
What happens at the edge of this universe remains in the realm of imagination.
People may sense death, but they do not know death.
Their younger selves are not in their memory.
Their old age is merely a premonition.
The self from ten years ago is the self from ten years ago, and the self from ten years later is the self from ten years later. What can be thought of and lived now is the present self.
Therefore, there is no choice but to live this day, this moment, to the fullest. Let’s think about living this moment.
What is the best way to live for oneself now?
Worrying about the future, regretting the past, and fretting over the present is meaningless.
With a clear eye, the truth of this world becomes faintly visible.
If you deny desire, you cannot enjoy life; if you drown in desire, you lose yourself.
God is hope. God points the way to happiness.
Why do people not wish for happiness?
God is hope.
If you wish, God will guide you.
If you say you believe, believe in the only absolute God.
Just empty your heart and believe with a pure mind.
When people are happy, they scorn God.
When they become unhappy, they curse God.
However, God is God.
It is humans who need God, God does not need humans.
Because God asks for nothing, what God gives is grace.
God does not seek anything in return.
People are kept alive by God.
But God exists by His own power.
It is not people who keep God alive.