A robe serves to keep off the cold and the heat, to hide one's nakedness and to adorn one's body. Among the Buddha's successors, there was one named Shanavasa, who was born wearing a robe. This came about because, in a previous existence, he had donated a robe for the sake of Buddhism. In the K'un-lun Mountains there are no mere ordinary stones, and in Mount Minobu there is no salt. In a place where there are no ordinary stones, stones are more valuable than gems, and in a place where there is no salt, salt is more precious than rice.
Oil is the best medicine for curing illnesses caused by the wind.
I do not know how to thank you for the sincerity you have shown in sending these articles. In the end, it must be an indication of the depth of the late Lord Nanjo's faith in the Lotus Sutra. This is what is meant by the statement that a ruler's sincerity is made known by his minister, while a father's sincerity is made known by his son. I am sure that the late Lord Nanjo must by very happy. In Tsukushi there was a daimyo who was called Ohashi no Taro.