Anecdotes of Oyasama 175
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Anecdotes of Oyasama 175 presents the contents of "Seventeen Children," a selection from Anecdotes of Oyasama, published by Tenrikyo Church Headquarters in 1976. The content below appears on between page 140 and 141 of the print edition.
Text: English translation and original Japanese
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175. Seventeen Children One day in 1885, Oyasama joyously told the people who were with Her:
However, not only did the seventeen not return, but no one at all came on that day, nor the next day, nor even on the following day. People grew tired of waiting and forgot Oyasama's words. About sixteen or seventeen days later, seventeen persons arrived from Awa. People were surprised, as the number of persons who returned was exactly the same as Oyasama had mentioned. According to what they said, they had planned to sail off the very day that Oyasama had spoken Her words. However, the weather was bad, and after repeated attempts to set sail, they returned to Jiba some sixteen or seventeen days behind schedule. When Unosuke Tosa and his group heard about Oyasama's words, they were astonished and deeply moved. When they were granted an audience with Oyasama, She was very pleased to see them, and said:
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一七五 十七人の子供 明治十八年のこと。ある日、教祖は、お側の人達に、
と、嬉しそうに仰せになった。 が、その翌日も又翌日も、十七人はおろか、一人も帰って来ない。そのうちに、人々は待ちくたびれて、教祖のお言葉を忘れてしまった。しかし、それから十数日経って、阿波から十七人の者が帰って来た。人数は、教祖のお言葉通り、ちょうど十七人であったので、お側の人人は驚いた。 話を聞いてみると、ちょうどお言葉のあった日に出帆したのであったが、悪天候に悩まされて難航を重ね、十数日も遅れたのであった。土佐卯之助たち一行は、教祖のお言葉を承って、今更のように、驚き且つ感激した。そして、教祖にお目通りすると、教祖は、大層お喜び下されて、
と、お言葉を下された。 |
Additional Materials
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