Ofudesaki 01:050

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 01:050 is a verse from the Ofudesaki. The English translation below is the sixth edition translation.

Content

This talk is not someone else’s concern.	kono hanashi hoka no koto de wanai hodo ni	このはなし　ほかの事でわ　ないほとに
It is a matter of your own and your single-heartedness with God.	Kami ichijio de　kore waga koto	神一ぢよで　 これわが事

Alternate English translations

Third Edition

You must not take this metaphor as other people’s concern. This is a matter of My own and of all who go single-heartedly the way of God.

Inoue/Eynon

This description must not be considered as another’s concern. With single-hearted devotion to God, grasp it as your own.

Commentary

Ofudesaki chushaku

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1:50 By no means is this a talk directed someone else other than yourself. This is a teaching of Oyagami, the true God and Parent that seeks to save the people of the world. This talk is about none other than your journey of life. *Note: This journey of life was walked by Oyasama Herself, demonstrated as the path of the Divine Model. We are instructed that we, as children of the path who yearn for the Divine Model, must ponder the Divine Model as our own matter.

『おふでさき註釈』、p. 13 五〇、この話は、決して他所事ではない。人々を救済する真実の親神の教であって、これは自分自身の道すがらである。 註　この道すがらを教祖みずからお通り下されて、我々にひながたの道をお示し下されたのである。そしてこのひながたを慕う我々道の子の、銘々自分の事として思案さして頂けねばならぬお諭しである。

Commentary by Yoshitaro Ueda (2008)

From Michi no dai: Foundation of the Path 32:43

1:50 The verse tells us that this is not at all someone else’s concern. It is something that concerns each and every one of us. The phrase “single-heartedness with God” means being solely focused on God and remaining in exact accord with God’s intention. If we aspire to live in total accord with God’s intention, what is taught in the Ofudesaki is our own concern.

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