 This essay was published in 1913 in the magazine begun by Kiyozawa, Seishinkai (The World of Spiritual Living), fifteen years after Kiyozawa’s journal references to the Bible quoted above. Although Soga is spoken of as “arguably the most innovative thinker in modern Shin Buddhist history” by sectarian scholars, and although he employs the traditional Shin term “directed [by Amida]” (ekō) in speaking of the source of his “revelation,” it is highly likely that Soga had been testing how Christian ideas might help in developing Shin teachings. The term “savior” (kyūshu) in Soga’s title is widely used for Jesus Christ, and in comparative remarks in the essay, Soga asserts that the unique incarnation as Jesus limits God’s salvific power to Jesus personally, while Dharmakara is born in each person and becomes “the true subjectivity of the self in the desire for salvation.”