Anecdotes of Oyasama 8
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Text: English translation and original Japanese
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8. By a Slight Illness On May 6, 1861, Koto Nishida had a toothache. She left home to visit an Inari temple in Senzoku. Senzoku lies to the north of her house, but she was walking to the east without intending to do so, and happened to meet a friend of about the same age. This friend had married into the Okuda family in Bessho. She asked Koto where she was going, and then told her that if she would pay a visit to Shoyashiki, any illness could be cured. So Koto made a pilgrimage to Shoyashiki at once. She arrived toward evening. Oyasama greeted her:
Further:
Then, telling her the divine teachings, Oyasama gave her the sacred powder of roasted grain. By the time Koto got home after listening to the divine teachings, the toothache had completely stopped. She did not pay a visit to Shoyashiki for some days. Then, her eyes began to hurt violently. Immediately, she visited Oyasama, who said to her:
Oyasama taught Koto the divine teachings step by step, and prayed for her. The pain stopped by the time Koto left to go home. For the following three days Koto visited Shoyashiki to clean the Residence, bringing her lunch with her. That was the beginning of her faith in Tenrikyo. Koto was thirty-two years old that year.
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八 一寸身上に 文久元年、西田コトは、五月六日の日に、歯が痛いので、千束の稲荷さんへ詣ろうと思って家を出た。千束なら、斜に北へ行かねばならぬのに、何気なく東の方へ行くと、別所の奥田という家へ嫁入っている同年輩の人に、道路上でパッタリと出会った。そこで、「どこへ行きなさる。」という話から、「庄屋敷へ詣ったら、どんな病気でも皆、救けて下さる。」という事を聞き、早速お詣りした。すると、夕方であったが、教祖は、
と、仰せられ、更に、
とて、神様のお話をお聞かせ下され、ハッタイ粉の御供を下された。お話を承って家へかえる頃には、歯痛はもう全く治っていた。が、そのまま四、五日詣らずにいると、今度は、目が悪くなって来た。激しく疼いて来たのである。それで、早速お詣りして伺うと、
とて、有難いお話を、だんだんと聞かせて頂き、拝んで頂くと、かえる頃には、治っていた。 それから、三日間程、弁当持ちでお屋敷のお掃除に通わせて頂いた。こうして信心させて頂くようになった。この年コトは三十二才であった。 |
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