vites us by means of His Name, which is something that can we see and know. We have, therefore, everything that we want in the Sacred Name. It is the Voice of Our Father: it is the Invitation wherewith the Tathāgata summons us, and our warrant for coming into His Presence. It is the condition upon which He is willing to save us. We hold the warrant in our hands, we have fulfilled the conditions, why do we hesitate to go forward? Sin, evil, and lust, may for the present rule us with rods of iron, but we know that it will not be long ere the rods are broken, and so we make no complaint. We have nothing to do but simply to put our trust in the Sacred Name and go right forward; for the Sacred Name is the one direct path leading us to the Bright Land where Our Father is waiting for us. The path is a broad one, all the roads that might lead us back to Suffering have been closed by the Mercy of the Tathāgata, and moreover the divine Strength of His Love is over us to guide us, so that we cannot fail to reach the Holy Country. We
