Anecdotes of Oyasama 141

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

Anecdotes of Oyasama 141 presents the contents of "Buds Burst Forth from a Knot," a selection from Anecdotes of Oyasama, published by Tenrikyo Church Headquarters in 1976. The content below appears between page 114 and 115 of the print edition.

Text: English translation and original Japanese

141. Buds Burst Forth from a Knot In the beginning of March 1884, Genjiro Fukaya, who had withdrawn from the Meisei-sha Confraternity, returned to Jiba with Zensuke Uno in order to obtain permission for establishing the Shido-kai Confraternity. They left Kyoto in the evening and arrived at Nara around two o'clock in the morning. They reached the Residence in the early dawn. They were granted an audience with Oyasama through the arrangement of Risaburo Yamamoto, and asked Oyasama for permission to establish the confraternity. Then, there were these words of Oyasama: "Sah, sah, you have come to ask Me, to ask Me. Sah, sah, you must understand well. Sah, sah, even here at Jiba, there has been festering and pressing within for the past forty-eight years. There have been cases of festering and pressing. Moreover, from without, they will come again to press. Because there is a knot, there is a bud. Buds burst forth from the knot. Understand well this principle. Step by step, step by step, this path has been cleared through many hardships and trials to the present. I say to you, understand well." These words did not clearly give permission. So, Fukaya and Uno asked Her permission again, saying, "The five of us will follow God at the sacrifice of our lives." Then, Oyasama said: "Sah, sah, sah, I accept your sincerity. I accept it. The seed of the Shido-kai Confraternity, sah, sah, from today, sah, sah, is planted. Sah, sah, you cannot imagine how large it will grow from now. Sah, sah, make those of the confraternity understand this. Even if they do not, God is watching. Leave them alone, I say," and She gave Her approval. The true sincerity of the five persons, Fukaya, Uno, Sawada, Yasura, and Nakanishi was accepted by God the Parent in this manner.

一四一　ふしから芽が切る 明治十七年三月上旬、明誠社を退社した深谷源次郎は、宇野善助と共に、斯道会講結びのお許しを頂くために、おぢばへ帰った。夕刻に京都を出発、奈良へ着いたのは午前二時頃。未明お屋敷へ到着、山本利三郎の取扱いで、教祖にお目通りしてお許しを願った。すると、 「さあ／＼尋ね出る、尋ね出る。さあ／＼よく聞き分けにゃならん。さあ／＼このぢばとても、四十八年がこの間、膿んだり潰れたり、膿んだりという事は、潰れたりという事は。又、潰しに来る。又、ふしあって芽、ふしから芽が切る。この理を、よう聞き分けてくれ。だん／＼だん／＼これまで苦労艱難して来た道や。よう聞き分けよ、という。」 とのお言葉であった。未だ、はっきりしたお許しとは言えない。そこで、深谷と宇野は、「我々五名の者は、どうなりましても、あくまで神様のお伴を致しますから、」と申し上げて、重ねてお許しを願った。すると、 「さあ／＼／＼真実受け取った、受け取った。斯道会の種は、さあさあ今日よりさあ／＼埋んだ。さあ／＼これからどれだけ大きなるとも分からん。さあ／＼講社の者にも一度聞かしてやるがよい。それで聞かねば、神が見ている。放うとけ、という。」 と、お許し下され、深谷、宇野、沢田、安良、中西、以上五名の真実は、親神様にお受け取り頂いたのである。

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