Anecdotes of Oyasama 164

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

Anecdotes of Oyasama 164 presents the contents of "Deep Affection," a selection from Anecdotes of Oyasama, published by Tenrikyo Church Headquarters in 1976. The content below appears on page 131 of the print edition.

Text: English translation and original Japanese

164. Deep Affection The following is from the notes of the words of Oyasama as recorded by Ihachiro Yamada on March 28, 1885: "You say 'God' and wonder where God is. God is within the body. Then again there is no discrimination between those within the path and those without; that is, the people of the whole world are all children of God. Think of everything in terms of your own child. Everything is solely from deep affection. A farmer prays for a rich harvest; God considers how best to do this. Again, only if the mind of man is accepted, God will exert the utmost strength to protect man forever."

一六四　可愛い一杯 明治十八年三月二十八日（陰暦二月十二日）、山田伊八郎が承って誌した、教祖のお話の覚え書に、 　 「神と言うて、どこに神が居ると思うやろ。この身の内離れて神はなし。又、内外の隔てなし。というは、世界一列の人間は、皆神の子や。何事も、我が子の事思てみよ。ただ可愛い一杯のこと。 百姓は、作りもの豊作を願うて、それ故に、神がいろいろに思うことなり。 又、人間の胸の内さい受け取りたなら、いつまでなりと、踏ん張り切る。」 と。

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• Oyasama o-kotoba (Words of Oyasama)

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