Ofudesaki 03:095

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 03:095 is a verse from the Ofudesaki. The English translation below is the sixth edition translation.

Content

There is nothing at all which should be called illness.	nani ni temo yamai to yū tesara ni nashi	なにゝても　やまいとゆうて　さらになし
It is only because there are paths of the mistaken mind.	kokoro chigai nomichi ga aru kara	心ちがいの　みちがあるから

Alternate English translations

Third Edition

There is indeed nothing which can be called illness. It is because you are using your mind on some mistaken path.

Inoue/Eynon

In reality there is no such thing as sickness. It is only due to the mistaken path your mind has taken.

Commentary

Commentary by Yoshitaro Ueda (2008)

From Michi no Dai: Foundation of the Path 33:51

There is no such thing as illness, whatever the condition is. The “mistaken mind” or a mistaken use of the mind is the cause of what we see as an illness. The next verse goes into detail of the “paths of the mistaken mind.”

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