The Rev. Tesshu Shaku, chief priest of Nyoraiji Temple, a Jodo Shinshu (True Pure Land sect of Buddhism) temple in Ikeda City, Japan

Tesshu Shaku，日本池田市一个净土真宗寺庙的首席牧师

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Ezhou is famous for the title of "city of hundreds of lakes" and "a land flowing with milk and honey". It is the birthplace of Pure Land of Buddhism.

鄂州是全国著名的“百湖之市”、“鱼米之乡”，是中国佛教净土宗的发源地、驰名中外的“武昌鱼的故乡”，是湖北省历史文化名城。

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The author reveals the fact that the world of Buddhism is just a micro-society, not a Pure Land, but all the people are still looking forward to the Pure Land.

可见佛教世界并不是真正的“人间净土”，它原本就是一个微缩似的尘俗社会，但“人间净土”依旧令人向往。

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