Anecdotes of Oyasama 28

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

Anecdotes of Oyasama 28 presents the contents of "Clear the Path from the Bottom," a selection from Anecdotes of Oyasama, published by Tenrikyo Church Headquarters in 1976. The content below appears on page 23 of the print edition.

Text: English translation and original Japanese

28. Clear the Path from the Bottom Thinking of the future of the path, Chushichi Yamanaka said to Oyasama one day, "The path will become so much better if it is cleared in the high mountains." Whereupon Oyasama taught: "If the path is cleared from up above, can the people down below get near? If the path is cleared from down below both the people up above and the people down below can easily get near, can they not?"

二八　道は下から 山中忠七が、道を思う上から、ある時、教祖に、「道も高山につけば、 一段と結構になりましょう。」　と、申し上げた。すると、教祖は、 　 「上から道をつけては、下の者が寄りつけるか。下から道をつけたら、上の者も下の者も皆つきよいやろう。」 と、お説き聞かせになった。

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