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Myōe – If there is faith, myriad goods will flourish like the verdant earth
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021382
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From Shingon Refractions – Professor Mark Unno
For this reason, when a person possesses the mind of faith in nothing more than this mantra [Mantra of Light], the seed of this wisdom is planted in that person's mind. It is like the flourishing growth of vegetation that takes place when the seeds of grasses and trees are planted in the great earth where there are no stones. Although the minds of sentient beings are unborn by nature, they nevertheless form the mental bases for the realization of all the tathagatas. If the stone of disbelief gets in the way, the seeds of virtue will not grow. If there is faith, myriad goods will flourish like the verdant earth.