“The single flame from the candle offered by a poor person” is not to be snuffed out by any winds of illusion, whether they come from karma, suffering or blind passions. This dim flame is in fact a great light that comes from the other shore and illumines our whole world.
Humbly and respectfully
Chimyo Takehara
December 2006, January 2007
惑・業・苦の妄念の風にもかき消されない「貧者の一燈」、
かすかに感ぜられるこの光こそ彼岸の光、世を照らす大いなる灯明です。