I believe giving up “self-centered effort” and entering the world of leaving everything to the working of Amida Buddha is an extremely important state in Jodo-Shinshu. Because the Venerable Master was that sort of person, the shinjin that is acceptance of Amida Buddha’s Primal Vow and the Nembutsu that we recite with our mouth, are absolutely not things that depend on our efforts. Rather, because they result solely from “Buddha-centered power,” we refer to them as the “shinjin of ‘merit transference’ based on ‘Buddha-centered power’” (tariki eko no shinjin) and the “Nembutsu of the ‘merit transference’ based on ‘Buddha-centered power’” (tariki eko no nembutsu).