Anecdotes of Oyasama 68
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Anecdotes of Oyasama 68 presents the contents of "The Way Ahead Is Long," a selection from Anecdotes of Oyasama, published by Tenrikyo Church Headquarters in 1976. The content below appears between page 59 and 60 of the print edition.
Text: English translation and original Japanese
| 68. The Way Ahead Is Long
In 1874, at the age of nineteen, Tatsujiro Hirano of Sakai became sickly and for the following six years, he was on a diet of wafers. Then in 1879, when he was twenty-four years old, the fragrance of the teachings was spread to him by Risaburo Yamamoto. He listened to the teachings of God and received such marvelous divine providence that he discontinued the wafer diet and on that day he ate thirty small fish for one meal. He returned to Jiba in his great joy for being saved. There he enjoyed a steam bath, and later he listened to the words of God related by intermediaries. After he returned home, Tatsujiro promptly enshrined God in his own home and began to strive fervently to spread the fragrance of the words of God and to save others. Thus, he often returned to Jiba. On one such day, he had an audience with Oyasama, and She said:
Then She extended Her hand and said:
When Tatsujiro reverently held Her hand, She said:
So he gripped Her hand with all his might. Oyasama gripped back with much greater strength. Tatsujiro was utterly awestruck and deeply impressed by the greatness of Oyasama. At that time he received the following words from Oyasama:
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六八 先は永いで 堺の平野辰次郎は、明治七年、十九才の頃から病弱となり、六年間、麩を常食として暮らしていた。ところが、明治十二年、二十四才の時、山本多三郎からにをいがかかり、神様のお話を聞かして頂いたその日から、麩の常食をやめて、一時に鰯を三十匹も食べられる、という不思議な御守護を頂いた。 その喜びにおぢばへ帰り、蒸風呂にも入れて頂き、取次からお話を聞かせて頂き、家にかえってからは、早速、神様を祀らせて頂いて、熱心ににをいがけ・おたすけに励むようになった。こうして、度々おぢばへ帰らせて頂いているうちに、ある日、教祖にお目通りさせて頂 くと、教祖が、
と、仰せになって、自分の手を差し出して、
と、仰せになるので、恐る恐る御手を握ると、
と、仰せになった。それで、力一杯握ったが、教祖が、それ以上の力で握り返されるので、全く恐れ入って、教祖の偉大さをしみじみと感銘した。その時、教祖は、
と、お言葉を下された。 |
