Ofudesaki 03:119

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 03:119 is a verse from the Ofudesaki. The English translation below is the sixth edition translation.

Content

Listen and ponder step by step over the words and	mē ni men Kami no yū kotonasu koto o	めへにめん　神のゆう事　なす事を
works of God, who is invisible to your eyes.	dandan kiite shian shite miyo	たん／＼きいて　しやんしてみよ

Alternate English translations

Third Edition

Listen and try to ponder step by step over the words and works of God who is quite invisible to your eyes!

Inoue/Eynon

Step by step, ponder deeply over the words and deeds of the unperceivable God.

Commentary

Commentary by Yoshitaro Ueda (2008)

From Michi no Dai: Foundation of the Path 33:56

God is invisible to our eyes. The Scripture says in several places that God is invisible. The verse here says to listen to the “words and works of God, who is invisible”—which is to say, to listen to God’s intention conveyed through Oyasama’s mouth. God is invisible, yet in the context of the Ofudesaki Oyasama is there among the followers and explains the divine intention through both the spoken and written word. The followers are urged to listen carefully to it and ponder deeply over it.

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