Anecdotes of Oyasama 42
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Anecdotes of Oyasama 42 presents the contents of "By Saving Others," a selection from Anecdotes of Oyasama, published by Tenrikyo Church Headquarters in 1976. The content below appears between page 36 and 37 of the print edition.
Text: English translation and original Japanese
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42. By Saving Others Early in April 1875, Eijiro Enomoto of Sugahama, Sando Village in Fukui Prefecture, visited the goddess of mercy of Hase, the eighth temple on the pilgrimage route through the western provinces. His purpose was to pray that his daughter Kiyo be cured of insanity. From the old woman of a teahouse he happened to hear that a living god resided in Shoyashiki Village. He then hurried to Shoyashiki through Miwa and visited the Residence. He asked an intermediary for an audience with Oyasama, who told him:
Eijiro left Shoyashiki lightheartedly and, going through Kizu, Kyoto and Shiozu, arrived at Sugahama on April 23rd. His daughter was hopelessly insane, but while he was praying, "Namu, Tenri-O-no-Mikoto," pressing his hands together in prayer, incredibly, she became calm by degrees. Then as Oyasama had instructed him, he visited every house in his village, spreading the fragrance of the teachings of God. He visited the homes of the sick repeatedly, praying for the healing of forty-two people. Wonderfully, his daughter was completely cured. Also, people came from many homes to express their gratitude. Restored to sanity, his daughter married a man adopted into her family. Eijiro and the young couple returned to Jiba to offer their thanks and were granted an audience with Oyasama. Later, they expressed their impression that Oyasama, wearing pure red garments and with Her snow-white hair plaited in the shape of a tea whisk, was a beautiful and noble figure.
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四二 人を救けたら
明治八年四月上旬、福井県山東村菅浜の榎本栄治郎は、娘きよの気違いを救けてもらいたいと西国巡礼をして、第八番長谷観音に詣ったところ、茶店の老婆から、「庄屋敷村には生神様がござる。」と聞き、早速、三輪を経て庄屋敷に到り、お屋敷を訪れ、取次に頼んで、教祖にお目通りした。すると、教祖は、
と、お言葉を下された。 栄治郎は、心もはればれとして、庄屋敷を立ち、木津、京都、塩津を経て、菅浜に着いたのは、四月二十三日であった。 娘は、ひどく狂うていた。しかし、両手を合わせて、
と、繰り返し願うているうちに、不思議にも、娘はだんだんと静かになって来た。それで、教祖のお言葉通り、村中ににをいがけをして廻わり、病人の居る家は重ねて何度も廻わって、四十二人の平癒を拝み続けた。 すると、不思議にも、娘はすっかり全快の御守護を頂いた。方々の家からもお礼に来た。全快した娘には、養子をもろうた。 栄治郎と娘夫婦の三人は、救けて頂いたお礼に、おぢばへ帰らせて頂き、教祖にお目通りさせて頂いた。 教祖は、真っ赤な赤衣をお召しになり、白髪で茶せんに結うておられ、綺麗な上品なお姿であられた、という。 |
