Anecdotes of Oyasama 169
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Anecdotes of Oyasama 169 presents the contents of "This Suits Me Very Well, Doesn't It?," a selection from Anecdotes of Oyasama, published by Tenrikyo Church Headquarters in 1976. The content below appears on page 136 of the print edition.
Text: English translation and original Japanese
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169. This Suits Me Very Well, Doesn't It? In Her later years, Oyasama used to say to Hisa Kajimoto, who was attending to Her:
Or:
Oyasama once bought a gaily colored cloth from a textile peddler and, throwing it over Her shoulders, said with a smile:
And She gave it to Hisa, saying:
On another occasion, Oyasama bought a coral beaded hairpin from a tortoise shell worker who came from Nagasaki, and putting it in Her hair, said:
She then gave it to Hisa, saying:
Thus, occasionally, Oyasama bought something for Herself first and then later gave it to someone else. It is surmised that Her intention was to let others be able to accept these gifts without reserve. And, truly, people who received a gift from Oyasama were stirred with deep emotion.
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一六九 よう似合うやろな 教祖は、お年を召されてから、お側に仕えていた梶本ひさに、
又、
と、仰せになった。 ある時のこと、行商の反物屋から、派手な反物をお買い求めになり、
と、言いながら、御自分の肩先におかけになって、ニッコリ遊ばされ、それから、
と、仰せになって、ひさにお与えになった。
と、仰せられて後、
と、仰せになって、ひさに下された。 このように、教祖は、一旦御自分の持物としてお買い求めになり、 然る後、人々に下さることが間々あった。それは、人々に気がねさせ ないよう、という御配慮からと拝察されるが、人々は、教祖のお心の こもった頂きものに、一入感激の思いを深くするのであった。 |
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