Welcome to Weekly Wasan!  In today's episode, you can listen to a brief introduction to our podcast of Shinran Shonin's Wasan.  Wasan are short poems (also translated as Gathas or Hymns) in collections.  Shinran wrote them in the vernacular and, while they of course repay detailed study, they also make a very beautiful listening experience on their own.  Today, listen to the Jodo Wasan (Hymns of the Pure Land), Gathas 1 & 2.  We'll be back each week with 6 more Gathas until the collection is completed.