I am used to going straight to the venue from the station and lecturing. I do not need to rest. I can rest at my leisure under ligraphy for the attendees so please prepare plenty of ink. Nitta said, “When we were students, you always strove to work your hardest and told us to ‘carve our own unique destinies.’” Enryō replied, “After turning fifty, I decided to allow destiny to take me where it wants.” Nitta said, “Does that mean you believe in the [True Pure Land School’s idea of] absolute Other Power?” Enryō, “Master Shinran [patriarch of the True School] is great. Wherever I am on the anniversary of his death, I always quietly pay homage to his great virtuousness.” After their meal Enryō read over Japanese newspapers and waited to arrive in Dalian. Nitta noted down the details of what happened that day. The following is a long quotation but I believe it is important to include it here. the venue in a horse carriage with the people that came to meet us. There were over three hundred people in attendance. The lecture began at eight forty [“Results of Winning the War and Postwar Management”]. After about fifteen minutes his face suddenly changed color, he became dizzy and collapsed, so two or three people held him up. He told us that he would continue to speak after resting for a short while so we should make the audience wait. We showed him to the manager’s room and he my gravestone when I am dead. After the lecture I will do cal-We arrived in Dalian at eight o’clock. Straight away we rode to 191
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