There is a Goeika (Buddhist hymn) composed by the priest Honen at the tenth of twenty-five sacred sites which reads "If you leave for the Pure Land as early as possible, you will be able to reach there by the time you die." 法然上人二十五霊跡 第十番、御詠歌 「極楽へつとめて早く出でたたば 身の終わりには参りつきなん」 |