Interlude: Contractual Obligation
Hundreds of these leaflets have been making their way across Leaf:
Rejoice, humans, for your salvation is nigh!
The true teachings of Gamautama, known also as the Sage of Six Paths, have finally come to the Human Path for the first time since the Holy Disciple Gamaruma brought the gift of martial arts to mankind nearly a thousand years ago. No longer will your souls be sentenced to an eternity of torment within the cycle of reincarnation. Instead, you need only follow the true faith, and you may be able to ascend to paradise as early as your next lifetime!
These are the Four Exalted Facts of Toadism:
1) Life is suffering. Our souls are tainted by countless lifetimes of impurity and sin, and their weight keeps us from the paradise for which we are meant. Instead, we struggle through innumerable lifetimes of pain and loss caused by the folly of our past selves.
2) In all suffering lies the possibility for redemption. The Sage created the Six Paths to test us, so that by passing his tests we may purify our souls and escape the chains of karma.
3) The purity of the soul determines its reincarnation. A peasant of the Human Path who lives life according to the teachings of Toadism in this life will surely be reborn as a wealthy merchant or even a ninja in the next. Every Hokage is the reincarnation of a saint of the Fire Country who unknowingly lived life as a true Toadist. But one who rejects Toadism and chooses to live a life of sin will be lucky to be reborn as a miserable hungry ghost of the Preta Path.
4) Only a soul that passes every test over countless lifetimes and achieves perfect purity can ascend to the paradise of the Seventh Path, there to dwell in joy forevermore. The Seventh Path is a place where every warrior is a titan with powers a ninja can only envy, while every civilian lives a life of peace and prosperity, safe from privation, disease, or chakra beasts. On the Seventh Path, even the humblest food-gatherer is part of a mighty clan that protects and empowers them, and the purest of the pure even have a chance to be reborn in the Toad Clan as one of Gamautama's own heirs.
The teachings of Toadism, passed down directly from Gamautama himself, are a guide to every test the soul may face in the cycle of reincarnation. One who masters the teachings walks the royal road to paradise, cutting thousands of years off their journey. You too, may only be one life away from eternal happiness.
In his mercy, Gamasēji, ordained monk of the Great Toad Monastery, has descended from the Seventh Path to teach Toadism to all with the wisdom to listen. Sermons are conducted every Sunday at dusk by the Hashirama statue in Founder's Square. For more information, speak to Lay Disciple Gōketsu Noburi.
