Anecdotes of Oyasama 92
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Anecdotes of Oyasama 92 presents the contents of "Husband and Wife Together," a selection from Anecdotes of Oyasama, published by Tenrikyo Church Headquarters in 1976. The content below appears between page 77 and 78 of the print edition.
Text: English translation and original Japanese
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92. Husband and Wife Together Shirobei Umetani was received by Oyasama one day soon after his conversion to the faith. Oyasama told him:
As soon as he got home, he said to his wife, Tane, "Since I have just been taught that it is not good if only one of us follows this path, you and I must both follow the path together." Whereupon Tane obediently agreed. So just as he was taught by the seniors, Shirobei and Tane filled a rice bowl with water, faced the Jiba, chanted, "Namu, Tenri-O-no-Mikoto," three times, and each drank half of the water as a token of their vow that as husband and wife they would always be together in their faith. |
九二 夫婦揃うて 梅谷四郎兵衞が、入信して間のない頃、教祖にお目にかかると、
と、仰せ下された。早速、妻のタネに、「この道というものは、一人だけではいかぬのだそうであるから、おまえも、ともども信心してくれねばならぬ。」と話したところ、タネも、素直にしたごうた。そこで、先輩に教えられた通り、茶椀に水を入れ、おぢばに向かって、
と、三遍唱えて、その水を二人で分けて飲み、お誓いのしるしとした。 |
