Laverne Imori Helps Us Appreciate the Compassion of Amida

Rev. Laverne Imori identifies the gap between our reality and the ideal of complete compassion. She reminds us that Shinran Shonin himself proclaimed in the Tannisho that only the Compassion of Amida -- as embodied in the Nembutsu -- fulfilled. Even though we may feel inadequate to proceed on the white path between a river of fire (anger) and a river of water (greed), Amida calls to us as we are.