Anecdotes of Oyasama 132

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

Anecdotes of Oyasama 132 presents the contents of "To Be Eaten Deliciously," a selection from Anecdotes of Oyasama, published by Tenrikyo Church Headquarters in 1976. The content below appears between page 108 and 109 of the print edition.

Text: English translation and original Japanese

132. To Be Eaten Deliciously Nakata, Yamamoto, Takai and other people who worked at the Residence went to catch small fish in a nearby brook from time to time. There they often caught loaches, chub, shrimps, and other brook fishes. When they cooked them in soy sauce with vegetables and showed them to Oyasama, She picked up the biggest one and said, as if She were talking to a child: "Allow yourself to be eaten deliciously by everyone, and come back the next time, advanced." Then She told the people present there: "Thus, when you persuade the largest one to consent in this way, it is natural that afterward all will consent." She further taught: "Everyone, when you eat them, please say, 'delicious, delicious,' to them. If you eat them with delight, due to the principle of giving joy, the next time they will be advanced. Each time they are reborn, they will progress closer to man." Oyasama gave these same instructions whenever there were rabbits, pheasants, mountain fowls and other game given as offerings by various confraternities.

一三二　おいしいと言うて 仲田、山本、高井など、お屋敷で勤めている人々が、時々、近所の小川へ行って雑魚取りをする。そして、泥鰌、モロコ、エビなどをとって来る。そして、それを甘煮にして教祖のお目にかけると、教祖は、その中の一番大きそうなのをお取り出しになって、子供にでも言うて聞かせるように、 「皆んなに、おいしいと言うて食べてもろうて、今度は出世しておいでや。」 と、仰せられ、それから、お側に居る人々に、 「こうして、一番大きなものに得心さしたなら、後は皆、得心する道理やろ。」 と、仰せになり、更に又、 「皆んなも、食べる時には、おいしい、おいしいと言うてやっておくれ。人間に、おいしいと言うて食べてもろうたら、喜ばれた理で、今度は出世して、生まれ替わる度毎に、人間の方へ近うなって来るのやで。」 と、お教え下された。 各地の講社から、兎、雉子、山鳥などが供えられて来た時も、これと同じように仰せられた、という。

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