Anecdotes of Oyasama 187

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

Anecdotes of Oyasama 187 presents the contents of "Solely to Jiba," a selection from Anecdotes of Oyasama, published by Tenrikyo Church Headquarters in 1976. The content below appears on page 147 of the print edition.

Text: English translation and original Japanese

187. Solely to Jiba Kunisaburo Moroi was so saddened by the passing of his three-year-old fourth daughter, Hide, that he returned to Jiba in June 1886. "I may have been mistaken about some things, so please let me know my shortcomings," he said to Oyasama. Oyasama gave him these words: "Sah, sah, concerning your child, three years was the life of the child. For the rest of your life, the heart of a three-year-old child. Unite your heart solely to Jiba. If you unite your heart solely to Jiba, then roots will spread to four sides. If the roots spread to four sides, even if one side decays, three sides will remain. If two sides decay, two sides will remain. Strong buds shall sprout."

一八七　ぢば一つに 明治十九年六月、諸井国三郎は、四女秀が三才で出直した時、余り悲しかったので、おぢばへ帰って、「何か違いの点があるかも知れませんから、知らして頂きたい。」とお願いしたところ、教祖は、 「さあ／＼小児のところ、三才も一生、一生三才の心。ぢば一つに心を寄せよ。ぢば一つに心を寄せれば、四方へ根が張る。四方へ根 が張れば、一方流れても三方残る。二方流れても二方残る。太い芽が出るで。」 と、お言葉を下された。

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• Anecdotes of Oyasama 151

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