Anecdotes of Oyasama 123
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Anecdotes of Oyasama 123 presents the contents of "Is Man the Object?," a selection from Anecdotes of Oyasama, published by Tenrikyo Church Headquarters in 1976. The content below appears between page 101 and 102 of the print edition.
Text: English translation and original Japanese
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123. Is Man the Object? Oyasama told Shirobei Umetani soon after he became a believer in the faith:
He was hot-tempered by nature. Shirobei was working at the Residence, plastering the wall of Oyasama's Resting House which was under construction in 1883. When he heard people maliciously gossiping that "the mason from Osaka, who cannot get work there, has had to come as far as Yamato for work," he became very indignant. In the middle of the night, he quietly gathered his belongings and started to return to Osaka. Walking on tiptoes, he was about to leave through the main gate when he heard Oyasama cough from her room in the South Gatehouse. "Ah! Oyasama!" he thought; his feet stopped and his anger disappeared. Next morning, while he was having breakfast with the rest of the people at the Residence, Oyasama appeared and said:
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一二三 人がめどか 教祖は、入信後間もない梅谷四郎兵衞に、
と、お諭し下された。生来、四郎兵衞は気の短い方であった。 明治十六年、折から普請中の御休息所の壁塗りひのきしんをさせて頂いていたが、「大阪の食い詰め左官が、大和三界まで仕事に来て。」との陰口を聞いて、激しい憤りから、深夜、ひそかに荷物を取りまとめて、大阪へもどろうとした。 足音をしのばせて、中南の門屋を出ようとした時、教祖の咳払いが聞こえた。「あ、教祖が。」と思ったとたんに足は止まり、腹立ちも消え去ってしまった。 翌朝、お屋敷の人々と共に、御飯を頂戴しているところへ、教祖がお出ましになり、
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