Life and death – nothing is borrowed.
The only thing that exists is God's will.
生も死も、借りしものにはなかりけり
ただあるものは、神のおもわく
sei mo shi mo, karishi mono ni wa nakarikeri
tada aru mono wa, shin no o mo waku
ただあるものは、神のおもわく
sei mo shi mo, karishi mono ni wa nakarikeri
tada aru mono wa, shin no o mo waku
Original text (Japanese)
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(This poem is also inscribed on a stone stele at Honbushin's main shrine on the summit of Mount Kami.)