Scripture

Lines from the Buddhist sutras and from the Bible, in the Japanese they are brushed in. Each study names the sutra or the verse, and the translation the Japanese words come from.

主は我が力 · shu wa waga chikara Psalms 118:14 The Lord is My Strength

始めに神は天と地を創造された · hajime ni kami wa ten to chi o sōzōsareta In the Beginning God Created the Heavens and the Earth

愛語よく廻天のちからあることを学すべきなり · aigo yoku kaiten no chikara aru koto o gakusubeki nari Learn That Kind Words Have the Power to Turn the Heavens

心大如海 · kokoro ōinaru koto umi no gotoshi A Heart as Great as the Sea

愛は全てを完全に結ぶ帯である · ai wa subete o kanzen ni musubu obi de aru Love Binds Them All Together

諸行無常 · shogyō mujō All Things Are Impermanent

一心不乱 · isshin furan Single-Minded Concentration

色即是空 · shikisoku zekū Form is Emptiness

不惜身命 · fushaku shinmyō Sparing Neither Body nor Life

和顔愛語 · wagan aigo A Gentle Face, Loving Words

信仰と希望と愛 · shinkō to kibō to ai 1 Corinthians 13:13 Faith, Hope and Love

望みを抱いて喜び · nozomi o idaite yorokobi Romans 12:12 Be Joyful in Hope

わたしを強くして下さるかたによって、何事でもすることができる。 · watashi o tsuyoku shite kudasaru kata ni yotte, nanigoto demo suru koto ga dekiru I can do all things through him who strengthens me