Anecdotes of Oyasama 111

Anecdotes of Oyasama
Author: Various authors Date Published: 1976 Pages: 159 (English ed.) Anecdotes Index

Anecdotes of Oyasama 111 presents the contents of "Being Awakened in the Morning," a selection from Anecdotes of Oyasama, published by Tenrikyo Church Headquarters in 1976. The content below appears on page 94 of the print edition.

Text: English translation and original Japanese

111. Being Awakened in the Morning The following is one of the instructions which Oyasama gave to Yoshie Iburi: "Early rising, honesty, and work. There is a great difference in merit between being awakened and waking up someone else. Working in the shadows and praising others is honesty. If you do not put into practice what you hear, you will become a lie. Work on top of work, saying to yourself, 'Just a little more, just a little bit more'; this is not greed, it is work that comes from true sincerity."

一一一　朝、起こされるのと 教祖が、飯降よしゑにお聞かせ下されたお話に、 　 「朝起き、正直、働き。朝、起こされるのと、人を起こすのとでは、大きく徳、不徳に分かれるで。蔭でよく働き、人を褒めるは正直。聞いて行わないのは、その身が嘘になるで。もう少し、もう少しと、働いた上に働くのは、欲ではなく、真実の働きやで。」 と。

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