Anecdotes of Oyasama 115
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Anecdotes of Oyasama 115 presents the contents of "Devote Yourself Single-Heartedly to Saving Others," a selection from Anecdotes of Oyasama, published by Tenrikyo Church Headquarters in 1976. The content below appears on page 96 of the print edition.
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115. Devote Yourself Single-Heartedly to Saving Others Zenkichi Tachibana, who became an official of the Shinmei-gumi Confraternity, began to believe after he was healed of cataracts in April or May 1880, and soon afterward his father was healed of lumbago. For several years after this, he was busily engaged in efforts to save others. Strangely enough, he was very healthy as long as he was doing missionary work, but whenever he stayed at home, he did not feel well. One day, he asked Oyasama about this. Then Oyasama taught him:
Zenkichi held on to these words as tightly as to life itself, not forgetting for an instant; and he became more and more single-heartedly devoted to saving others. |
一一五 おたすけを一条に 真明組周旋方の立花善吉は、明治十三年四、五月頃（陰暦三月）自分のソコヒを、つづいて父の疝気をお救け頂いて入信。以来数年間、熱心に東奔西走しておたすけに精を出していたが、不思議なことに、おたすけにさえ出ていれば、自分の身体も至って健康であるが、出ないでいると、何んとなく気分がすぐれない。ある時、このことを教祖に申し上げて、「何故でございましょうか。」と、伺うと、教祖は、
と、お聞かせ下された。善吉は、このお言葉を自分の生命として寸時も忘れず、一層たすけ一条に奔走させて頂いたのである。 |
