Ofudesaki 03:080

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 03:080 is a verse from the Ofudesaki. The English translation below is the sixth edition translation.

Content

Until now, you have not been able to understand anything.	ima made wanani ka yorozu gawakarai de	いまゝでハ　なにかよろづが　ハからいで
There was nothing but human thinking.	mina ningen nokokoro bakari de	みなにんけんの　心ばかりで

Alternate English translations

Third Edition

Until now you have not been able to understand any truth. All of you have been thinking with human thoughts alone.

Inoue/Eynon

Hitherto, you have not understood My teachings at all; all of you have behaved on the basis of human thoughts.

Commentary

Commentary by Yoshitaro Ueda (2008)

From Michi no Dai: Foundation of the Path 33:47

The verse says that, until now, people have been ignorant of the truth of anything and have based themselves solely on human thinking and reasoning.

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