Devotional Prayer Of Thanksgiving Poem by Richard St. Clair

Thank you, Amida Buddha, for your unconditional care,
For looking upon me as your own son,
And showing me the way out of calculation and self-judgement
Into the light of Diamond-like Faith and Assurance of Buddhahood.
You hold back nothing from me that I need:
Even in the deepest darkness of my blind passions
You are there, leading me onward and forward,
Out of the desert of delusion and ignorance
Into the everlasting blessedness of Nirvana at this life's end.
Thank you for your great gift each and every day:
For by it, when I ultimately go to your Pure Land
And I too become Buddha through your Vow Power
I will then foreverafter help others as you have helped me,
To see Your Light of truly Boundless Wisdom and Compassion
As revealed in the great Sutra of Your Limitless Life.
May I honor and bless you forever, Amida my savior!

Namu Amida Butsu