Commentary by Kyoshu Sama: If we no longer feel joy or gratitude, it is an indication that we have run out of merit. Let us follow through with true action and generate more merit to fuel our gratitude.

Commentary by Kyoshu Sama: The passive approach of leaving everything up to the providence or waiting for someone else's help is the way of beginners.

Commentary by Kyoshu Sama: When you came upon the teaching of Nirvana, you may have realized that it was, indeed, what you were long looking for. You can only know this joy, however, by practicing the Teaching.

Commentary by Kyoshu Sama: Only when the chanting of the Goreiju is accompanied by Mahayana altruistic practices are we able to deepen our daily prayer and meditation. This increases its wondrous and divine power.

Commentary by Kyoshu Sama: We should realized that both the good and bad things that happen in our daily lives are the result of our own actions. Indeed, "As you sow, so shall you reap."

Commentary by Kyoshu Sama: Here, again, I am referring to acts of dedicating oneself for the sake of others based on the teaching, not based on human sentiments. Bodhisattvas give their lives for their faith, but not out of emotion.

Commentary by Kyoshu Sama: Those who have not exerted themselves to the limit do not understand what faith is. Do your best and leave the rest to the Divine.

Commentary by Kyoshu Sama: "Mundane" here means to be dictated by our predispositions (Karma). Other than the desire for wealth, fame, and status, people have something inherently pure and genuine that makes them pursue the sacred. This is the bodhi-mind.

Commentary by Kyoshu Sama: One can understand the Teaching well when one listens with the intention of conveying it to others.

Commentary by Kyoshu Sama: True faith lies in seeking Buddha, something essentially beyond form, in everything that happens around us, good and bad. This is the way for Shinnyo followers, whose lives should be based on muso sesshin (sesshin without form).