Anecdotes of Oyasama 198

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

Anecdotes of Oyasama 198 presents the contents of "With Any Flower," a selection from Anecdotes of Oyasama, published by Tenrikyo Church Headquarters in 1976. The content below appears between page 155 and 156 of the print edition.

Text: English translation and original Japanese

198. With Any Flower Once Yonosuke Shimizu, Shirobei Umetani, and Tora Hirano had gathered before Oyasama and were talking with each other about how their confraternities were not advancing as they had hoped. Oyasama said: "With any flower, there are years when it blooms and there are years when it does not bloom. Even if it does not bloom one year, when the year changes it will bloom again." It is said that Oyasama comforted them in this way.

一九八　どんな花でもな ある時、清水与之助、梅谷四郎兵衞、平野トラの三名が、教祖の御前に集まって、各自の講社が思うようにいかぬことを語り合うていると、教祖は、 　 「どんな花でもな、咲く年もあれば、咲かぬ年もあるで。一年咲かんでも、又、年が変われば咲くで。」 と、お聞かせ下されて、お慰め下された、という。

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