KOMYO KIGAN
(The Prayer to Light of Grace)
Governing principles of the 'Ittoen' movement, founded in 1904 by Tenko Nishida

 

May we be born anew and live as we are accepted and enabled to live by the one indivisible Light of grace.

May we worship and revere the truth, which is the same in all religions and work for the cherished goal, and great hope (vow) which is also common to all.

May we serve others in the spirit of "sange" (selfless penitence for all the evils of the world) and do mendicant labor in gratitude.

May we attain fulfillment by abiding by the principles for community life based upon the supreme and eternal law

And may we, in this way, return to our Home filled with heavenly flowers and smell of freshness, and flow freely in the paradise free of any fixed form.