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Friday, October 03, 2008

the mouth

Issa  一茶


蚤噛んだ口でなむあみだ仏哉

nomi kanda kuchi de namu amida butsu kan


David's English


the mouth that gnawed

a flea, "All praise

to Amida Buddha!"


by Issa, 1817

The nembutsu prayer is "Namu Amida Butsu"--"All praise to Amida Buddha!"http://cat.xula.edu/issa/


sakuo haiga

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