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Once in a valley in
Kawachi, a white light started to
appear every night. Villagers went
to the valley to search the cause
and found a white old monkey dead
there. This monkey was carrying a
scroll around the chest. Villagers
found six Chinese characters written
on the scroll, representing "I
sincerely believe in merciful Buddha".
This scroll was once a treasure of
a certain temple but believed that
it was lost by fire. It seemed that
this white monkey had taken it out
before the temple was burnt down.
Later, Saint Rennyo found that this
scroll was in Saint Shinran's own
handwriting and returned it to the
resident priest of the temple. The
priest later moved to Isurugi and
established Dorinji Temple to keep
the scroll as a treasure of monkey
Buddha.
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