At the time of the Shari Kō Service, people had to compose poems indicating their wish to follow the way of the Buddha, so he composed:
よそになど佛の道を尋ぬらむわが心こそしるべなりけれ
| yoso ni nado Fotoke no miti wo tadunuramu wa ga kokoro koso sirube narikere |
In what distant place The Buddha’s path Should I seek? It is my own heart that Shall be my guide. |
The Chancellor and Former Grand Minister [Fujiwara no Tadamichi]