When prices are put on things does hell come into being.
How invaluable it was that Shinran Shonin styled himself ‘Gutoku’ (Bald-headed Ignoramus!). I take refuge in his priceless act of calling himself ‘Gutoku.’
Respectfully
Chimyo Takehara
May 2004
ものに値がついたときから、地獄が現われる
「愚禿」の名告りの尊さに、南無する