Ofudesaki 01:035

Ofudesaki
Author: Miki Nakayama Date Published: 1998 Pages: 486 (English ed.) Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Part 10 Part 11 Part 12 Part 13 Part 14 Part 15 Part 16 Part 17 unnumbered set

Ofudesaki 01:035 is a verse from the Ofudesaki. The English translation below is the sixth edition translation.

Content

Unless this wrongdoing is completely removed,	kono akuji sukiyaka noken koto ni tewa	このあくじ　すきやかのけん　事にてハ
know that it will stand in the way of the construction	fushin no jama ni naru to koso shire	ふしんのしやまに　なるとこそしれ

Alternate English translations

Third Edition

Unless this wrongdoing is entirely done away with, it will stand in the way of the construction. Understand it well!

Inoue/Eynon

If you do not abandon your evil habits promptly, know that they will become a hindrance to construction.

Commentary

Ofudesaki chushaku

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1:35 Unless this wrongdoing is clearly removed from the Residence, know that it will stand in the way of fulfilling (accomplishing; executing) the spiritual construction toward world salvation. *Note: “Construction” here can be understood to refer to Shuji’s efforts to become one with the mind of Oyasama by following and actualizing Oyagami’s intention of manifold forms of salvation as well as the physical construction of God’s Residence.

『おふでさき註釈』、p. 10 三五、この悪事を、さっぱり屋敷からのぞいてしまわない限り、親神が世界たすけの心のふしんを遂行する邪魔になると心得よ。 註　ふしんは、秀司先生が親神様のお心に従うて教祖と心を一にし、よろづよたすけの教をぐ通する神意の達成に努力せられる事を意味し、又一つには神の館の建築の意をもぐうせられていると解す。

Commentary by Yoshitaro Ueda (2008)

From Michi no dai: Foundation of the Path 32:40

1:35 The “wrongdoing” will “stand in the way of the construction” unless it is completely removed. The “construction” refers to the construction of a new world; this is spiritual construction. The Ofudesaki uses the metaphor of construction to refer to the reconstruction of the world as the world of the Joyous Life. The “wrongdoing” is obstructing that construction.

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