“Cut any part of my body, I will shed the blood that is known as go-on (what has been done for me).” Senior priest at the temple.

“Visiting Higashi Honganji Temple for the Hoonko ceremony, I found myself deeply moved by the words of the wife of the former Supreme Primate, ‘Unable to know myself, it is only in the nembutsu that I feel truly alive’.” Head priest.

“I found the words of the former Supreme Primate's wife extremely moving when she said, ‘Autumn leaves are lit up and warmed by the sun, coloured and scattered. I too would like to lead a life like that’.” Young priest who visited Higashi Honganji Temple to attend the Hoonko Ceremony.

“I felt nothing but animosity towards my mother-in-law before she died. Now I realise it was only because she felt responsible for me that she was such a worrier even about little things such as the way I held my chopsticks. I was far too arrogant.” Woman Dharma friend..