Saint of Mt. Koya
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The priest nodded and observed that since middle age it had been his habit not to lie on his back in bed as ordinary people do, but to crouch face down in the manner I have just described. He went on to say that he, like me, was not sleepy, and agreed to tell me a story. "You must not always expect to hear religious stories from a priest," he cautioned, "Nor sermons and platitudes either. Listen carefully, young man, to what I am about to tell you."

Later I made inquiries and learned that this man was none other than the renowned and revered priest Shucho, of Rikuminji Temple, one of the great teachers and preachers of his sect.


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