Ōnishi Tama

Ōnishi Tama (大西玉; 1916–1969), also known as Miroku (みろく), was the founder of the Honbushin religion in Japan.

• 神ありて我あり
  我欲忘れて報恩
  理を立てて身が立つ
  今を全う
  kami arite ware ari
  ga yoku wasurete hō on
  ri o tate te mi ga tatsu
  ima o matsuto u
  • God exists; therefore I exist.
    Forget selfish desires and repay kindness.
    Establish reason, and thereby establish oneself.
    Fulfill the present moment completely.
    • Miroku みろく [Ōnishi Tama 大西玉] (1994-04-26). Uchū Hontairon 宇宙本体論. Plus One プラスワン出版社. ISBN 4-938753-90-1.  (poem titled 自戒 [Self-admonition])

• 生も死も、借りしものにはなかりけり
  ただあるものは、神のおもわく
  sei mo shi mo, karishi mono ni wa nakarikeri
  tada aru mono wa, shin no o mo waku
  • Life and death – nothing is borrowed.
    The only thing that exists is God's will.
    • Miroku みろく [Ōnishi Tama 大西玉] (1994-04-26). Uchū Hontairon 宇宙本体論. Plus One プラスワン出版社. ISBN 4-938753-90-1. 
    • (This poem is also inscribed on a stone stele at Honbushin's main shrine on the summit of Mount Kami.)

• Ōnishi Aijirō
• Nakayama Miki
• Ofudesaki