Doctrine 2

The Doctrine of Tenrikyo
Preface
Part 1
1 Oyasama
2 The Path of Single-hearted Salvation
3 The Truth of Origin
4 Tenri-O-no-Mikoto
5 The Divine Model
Part 2
6 Divine Guidance
7 A Thing Lent, A Thing Borrowed
8 On the Way to the Final Goal
9 The Yoboku
10 The Joyous Life

Doctrine 2 presents the contents of Chapter Two of The Doctrine of Tenrikyo as published by Tenrikyo Church Headquarters. The title of the chapter is:

The Path of Single-hearted Salvation

Content below is equivalent to pages 12 to 19 of the print edition. "Note" below refers to a footnote from the print edition.

Content

The Service

To Tsukihi, all of you throughout the world are My children. My only desire is to save you. Because of the desire from parental love to have all humankind lead the Joyous Life, God the Parent became openly revealed through Oyasama as the Shrine and, after disclosing the truth of all things, taught the marvelous path of single-hearted salvation. Concerning the Service: never think that I have any other intention. I have only the single desire to save all of you. From such parental love, God the Parent taught the single-hearted performance of the Service as the path to universal salvation. I shall do marvelous things, the same as My beginning of this world. I shall begin a Service which has never existed since I began this world, and assuredly settle the world. The Service was taught by God the Parent with the intent to manifest once more the marvelous workings by which humankind and the world were created where there was no form, this time in the cause of the single-hearted salvation of humankind. Through the Service, the world will be reconstructed as the world of joyousness, which is the intent of God.

月日にハせかいぢうゝハみなわが子 たすけたいとの心ばかりで　　　　　　　　　　　八　 4 　親神は、一れつの人間に、陽気ぐらしをさせたいとの親心から、教祖をやしろとして表に現れ、よろづいさいの真実を明かして、珍しいたすけ一条の道を教えられた。 つとめてもほかの事とわをもうなよ たすけたいのが一ちよばかりで　　　　　　　　一六　65 　この親心から、よろづたすけの道として教えられたのが、つとめ一条である。 このよふをはじめかけたもをなぢ事 めづらし事をしてみせるでな　　　　　　　　　　六　 7 このよふをはじめてからにないつとめ またはじめかけたしかをさめる　　　　　　　　　六　 8 　このつとめは、親神が、紋型ないところから、人間世界を創めた元初りの珍しい働きを、この度は、たすけ一条の上に現そうとて、教えられたつとめである。即ち、これによつて、この世は、思召そのままの陽気な世界に立て替つてくる。

The Service of the Kanrodai

As to the Service to be done, it is none other than the Service of the Kanrodai. Thus, the Service is to be performed with the Kanrodai, the Stand for the Heavenly Dew, as center. As proof of My beginning of human beings, I shall put the Kanrodai into place. The Kanrodai is a stand to be set up at the Jiba of Origin to give proof that it is the place where humankind was conceived. It is shaped so as to represent the truth of human creation and growth—to symbolize the origin and perpetual development of humankind and the world.

つとめでもどふゆうつとめするならば かんろふだいのつとめいちゞよ　　　　　　　　一〇　21 　このつとめは、かんろだいをしんとして行う。 にんけんをはじめかけたるしよこふに かんろふたいをすゑてをくぞや　　　　　　　　一七　 9 　かんろだいとは、人間宿し込みの元なるぢばに、その証拠としてすえる台で、人間の創造と、その成人の理とを現して形造り、人間世界の本元と、その窮りない発展とを意味する。

The Kagura Service

When God has accepted the sincerity in the minds of the ten performers of the Service, Thereafter, I shall teach you all of the thoughts of God on every matter step by step. Though the mind of God hastens day after day, to what avail if the ten performers do not assemble? This Service, which God also called the "Kagura Service," is a reenactment in principle of God the Parent's workings during creation. Ten chosen Service performers wear their respective masks and symbolize by hand-gestures the principles of God the Parent's providence, moving in unison to the song and in harmony with the music of the nine instruments. Indeed, the Kagura Service is the means by which we return to the origin of human creation, restore its joy in the present, and invoke divine providence by uniting our minds in praise of the boundless grace of God the Parent.

しんぢつのつとめの人ぢう十人の 心を神がうけとりたなら　　　　　　　　　　　　六　18 それからハどのよな事もたん／＼と 神のをもわくみなときゝかす　　　　　　　　　　六　19 にち／＼に神の心わせゑたとて 人ぢう十人そろいなけねば　　　　　　　　　　　六　20 　このつとめは、又、かぐらづとめとも教えられ、親神の創造の理をかたどり、選ばれた十人のつとめ人衆が、夫々、面をつけ、歌に調子を合せて、奏でる九つの鳴物の調べに心を揃え、親神の守護の理を手振にあらわしてつとめる。実に、かぐらづとめは、人間創造の元を慕うて、その喜びを今に復えし、親神の豊かな恵をたたえ、心を一つに合せて、その守護を祈念するつとめである。

The Joyous Service

When all are assembled and quickly do the Service, as those close to Me become spirited, God, also, will be spirited. When the Service performers perform the Service in harmony, each relying on God the Parent, they will become joyous and their minds will become one with the mind of God. Then God the Parent, accepting their spirited minds of unity, will also become spirited. Thus, the joy of the harmonious union of God and humankind will overflow. Again, I impatiently await the coming Joyous Service. What it is, is the Kagura Service. God also called the Kagura Service the "Joyous Service." Indeed, the Joyous Service celebrates the very joy desired by God the Parent and is our prayer for the attainment of it.

みなそろてはやくつとめをするならバ そばがいさめバ神もいさむる　　　　　　　　　　一　11 　つとめ人衆が、親神にもたれ、呼吸を合せてつとめる時、その心は、自と溶け合うて陽気になり、親神の心と一つとなる。この一手一つに勇む心を受け取つて、親神もまた勇まれ、神人和楽の陽気がここに漲る。 またさきのよふきづとめをまちかねる なんの事ならかぐらつとめや　　　　　　　　　　四　29 　かぐらづとめは、又、よふきづとめとも仰せられる。まことに、よふきづとめは、親神の思召さながらの陽気をたたえて、その成就を祈願するつとめである。

The Salvation Service

Any salvation whatever is all through the Service. If only you do just as Tsukihi says. . . If your mind is sincere, Tsukihi will assuredly save you. When the Service performers perform the Service joyfully as intended, God the Parent will accept their sincerity and will grant free and unlimited blessings. This Service is the path of salvation for the entire world. I shall enable even a mute to speak. Day by day, hasten to begin the Service. You will escape any danger whatever. However serious your illness may be, you will all be saved by the Service done single-heartedly. God also called the Joyous Service the "Salvation Service." It is the Service by which every prayer is answered.

どのよふなたすけするのもみなつとめ 月日ゆうよにたしかするなら　　　　　　　　　　七　83 しんぢつの心あるなら月日にも しかとうけやいたすけするぞや　　　　　　　　　七　84 　つとめ人衆が、思召通りに陽気につとめる時、親神は、その真心を受け取つて、自由自在の守護を現される。 このつとめせかいぢううのたすけみち をしでもものをゆハす事なり　　　　　　　　　　四　91 にち／＼にはやくつとめをせきこめよ いかなるなんもみなのがれるで　　　　　　　　一〇　19 とのよふなむつかしくなるやまいでも つとめ一ぢよてみなたすかるで　　　　　　　　一〇　20 　されば、よふきづとめは、又、たすけづとめとも教えられ、いかなる願もかなえられるつとめである。

Fixing the natural term of life at 115 years

The salvation is not just to cure illness. I intend it to be a marvelous salvation. What do you think this salvation is? It is to be free from illness, death, and weakening. By means of the Salvation Service, God the Parent not only saves us from disease, disaster, and despair, but gives us the marvelous blessings, not known before, of freedom from illness, death, and weakening. By this salvation given in accordance with the mind of sincerity, you shall be freed from illness, death, and weakening. By this salvation, to fix the natural term of life at one hundred and fifteen years is the single desire of God. After that, you may stay as long as you wish, without illness, death, or weakening. Further, after the passage of long years, there will be no aging at all. God teaches us that when we have all purified our minds and attained the mind of sincerity, we shall receive kanro, heavenly dew, by virtue of the Salvation Service. Whoever partakes of kanro will live one hundred fifteen years. Further, one will be allowed to live forever, if so desired.

たすけでもあしきなをするまてやない めづらしたすけをもているから　　　　　　　　一七　52 このたすけどふゆう事にをもうかな やますしなすによハりなきよに　　　　　　　　一七　53 　たすけづとめは、ただ、身上のさわりや、災難や、苦悩をたすけるつとめであるばかりでなく、進んでは、病まず、死なず、弱らない、珍しい守護をなされるつとめである。 しんぢつの心しだいのこのたすけ やますしなずによハりなきよふ　　　　　　　　　三　99 このたすけ百十五才ぢよみよと さだめつけたい神の一ぢよ　　　　　　　　　　　三 100 そのゝちハやまずしなすによハらすに 心したいにいつまでもいよ　　　　　　　　　　　四　37 またさきハねんけんたちた事ならば としをよるめハさらにないぞや　　　　　　　　　四　38 　人々の心が澄みきつて、真実の心となつた暁には、たすけづとめによつて、甘露を授けられる。これを頂けば、人は、よく百十五歳の定命を保ち、なお、心次第によつては、いつまでも生きさせてやろうと教えられる。

The Service of universal salvation

What do you think this Service is about? It is solely to bring peace to the world and salvation to all. If you quickly unite your minds and do the Service correctly, the world will settle. Thus, the blessings of God the Parent called forth by this Service are not limited to the salvation of individuals from illness and trouble but are extended throughout the world to benefit humankind with bountiful harvests and lasting peace. By receiving these blessings, we shall awaken to the truth that we are all brothers and sisters, equally the children of God the Parent. Then we shall come to respect and help one another, and the world will be reconstructed as the world of the Joyous Life where the minds of all people are united as one.

このつとめなにの事やとをもている せかいをさめてたすけばかりを　　　　　　　　　四　93 はや／＼と心そろをてしいかりと つとめするならせかいをさまる　　　　　　　　一四　92 　このつとめは、人間個々の身上や事情に限らず、更に、豊かな稔りや平和の栄えなど、広く世界の上に、親神の恵を及ぼすつとめである。 　ここに、恵は遍く一れつに及び、人類は、ひとしく親神の子として、兄弟姉妹であることに目覚め、互に立て合い扶け合うて、世界は、一つ心の陽気ぐらしの世と立て替る。

The Sazuke

In addition to the Service, God the Parent taught the path of salvation from illness by means of the Sazuke of Breath and the Sazuke of Hand Dance. Hereafter, however serious an illness there may be, I shall save you all by the Breath and the Hand Dance. However serious an illness there may be, never say that it will not be cured. The Sazuke, the Divine Grant, is the truth of effectiveness bestowed in the cause of single-hearted salvation on those whose minds God the Parent has determined as being sincere. Those who receive the truth of the Sazuke resolve to keep this sincerity of the day of bestowal for a lifetime and become Yoboku for the joyous construction. When Yoboku transmit the truth of heaven by administering the Sazuke, God the Parent accepts the true sincerity with which they pray and saves any sufferer from any illness by the free and unlimited blessings. The truth of the Sazuke, bestowed on the sincere mind pledged to single-hearted salvation, is a treasure for a lifetime and for eternity. With this truth, when Yoboku of God the Parent go far and wide in their mission, miraculous healings will occur one after another the world over.

親神は、更に又、いき・てをどりのさづけによつて、身上たすけの道を教えられた。 このさきハなんほむつかしやまいても いきとてをどりみなたすけるで　　　　　　　　一二　50 どのよふなむつかしくなるやまいでも これなをらんとゆうでないぞや　　　　　　　　一二　51 　即ち、さづけは、親神が一名一人の心の真実を見定めて、たすけ一条のために渡される、こうのうの理である。人々が、授かつたその日の心を生涯の理に治めて、陽気普請のよふぼくとなり、天の理を取り次がせて頂くところ、親神は、願う心の誠真実を受け取り、自由自在の守護をもつて、いかなる難病をもたすけられる。さづけの理は、たすけ一条を誓う一日の日の真心に授けられる、生涯末代の宝であつて、この理をうけて、親神のよふぼくの馳せ巡るところ、広い世界に不思議なたすけは相ついで現れる。

The world will be restored to joyousness

Indeed, the Service and the Sazuke constitute the path of single-hearted salvation taught by God the Parent from a fervent desire to have all humankind lead the Joyous Life. Through them we can sever the root of illness and purify our minds; then the world will be restored to joyousness. Thus, all humankind will come to praise the boundless grace of God the Parent. Our minds will grow steadily more joyous and spirited, and God the Parent, accepting our growing joyousness, will bless us evermore with divine providence. In this way, the joyous harmony of God and humankind will be attained, and a world overflowing with joyousness will come into being. Sweeping away evils, hasten to save us. All humankind equally purified, The Kanrodai. Mikagura-uta

まことに、つとめとさづけとは、親神が、世界一れつに、陽気ぐらしをさせてやりたい、との切なる親心によつて教えられた、たすけ一条の道である。これによつて、病の根は切れ、あしきは祓われて、世界は陽気によみがえる。 　かくて、世界人類は、親神の篤き守護をたたえて、心ますます勇み、親神は、又、これを受けて、恵は、いよいよ深く、ここに、神人は共に和楽して、陽気溢れる世界が、この地上に実現される。 あしきをはらうてたすけせきこむ いちれつすましてかんろだい

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