Anecdotes of Oyasama 156
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Anecdotes of Oyasama 156 presents the contents of "The End of a Relationship," a selection from Anecdotes of Oyasama, published by Tenrikyo Church Headquarters in 1976. The content below appears between page 126 and 127 of the print edition.
Text: English translation and original Japanese
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156. The End of a Relationship Saki Matsuda was born in Gojyono Village of Yamato Province. She had married once before but had divorced her husband, and later remarried at the age of twenty-three. In 1883, at the age of thirty, she came to follow the path because of her convulsions. Sometime during the following year, a boil broke out on her right arm. The swelling had become so painful that she returned to the Residence and asked to be saved. She was received by Oyasama who said:
With these words, Saki resolved, "I will never slip away." Then Oyasama breathed upon the boil three times. At that very moment, the pain in her right arm stopped and the swelling went down. Saki had been blessed with God's marvelous providence.
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一五六 縁の切れ目が 松田サキは、大和国五条野村の生まれで、先に一旦縁付いたが、そこを振り切って離婚し、やがて二十三才の時再婚した。 明治十六年、三十才の時、癪持ちから入信したが、翌十七年頃のこと、右腕に腫物が出来て、ひどく腫れ上がったので、お屋敷へ帰っておたすけを願うた。 教祖にお目通りさせて頂くと、
と、お言葉を下された。このお言葉を頂いて、サキは、「決して抜け出しません。」と、心が定まった。すると、教祖が、息を三遍おかけ下された。その途端、右腕の痛みは立ち所に治まり、腫れは退いて、ふしぎなたすけを頂いた。 |
