Ofudesaki 04:007–8

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Ofudesaki
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Author: Miki Nakayama
Date Published: 1998
Pages: 486 (English ed.)

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Ofudesaki 04:007–8 is a set of verses from the Ofudesaki. The English translation below is the sixth edition translation.

Content

From now on, the mind of God will hasten day by day. kore kara wa Kami no kokoro wa nichi nichi ni これからハ 神の心ハ にち/\に
Be aware of it. sekikomi aru to omoi koso shire せきこみあると をもいこそしれ
No matter how great My haste may be, ika hodo no ōku sekikomi aru totemo いかほどの をふくせきこみ あるとても
I shall say nothing by word of mouth. kuchi de wa nani mo yūde nai zo ya くちでハなにも ゆうでないぞや

Alternate English translations

Third Edition

From now on you must be convinced that the mind of God is impatiently hastening day by day.

However impatient I may be, I will speak nothing by mouth.

Inoue/Eynon

From now on, the heart of God will urge you daily. Consider and know this with certainty.

No matter how much I urge you, I shall never resort to words.

Commentary

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Translator(s): Roy Forbes

Ofudesaki chushaku

4:7, 8 While I may be hastening for the salvation of the entire world, I shall not give any instructions telling you to do this or that by word of mouth.

『おふでさき註釈』、p. 54

七、八、親神が如何に一列救済のために急き込みとはいえ、決して口に出してどうせこうせい、と指図はしない。

Commentary by Yoshitaro Ueda (2008)

From Michi no dai: Foundation of the Path 34:39–40

IV:7

From now on, God will try to hasten people’s spiritual growth and their work each day. The verse says, “Be aware of it.” God is telling people to remember this.

IV:8

Despite a strong desire to hasten people’s spiritual growth, God will not give instructions by spoken words. If no spoken instructions are to be given, how will this hastening be done? Verse 13 says: “Day by day, disorders will befall you, and you will come again. But no one knows how impatiently God waits.” I think that the kind of hastening that is promoted through health disorders may be the strongest form of hastening. While no spoken instructions will be given, we may assume that this hastening may be done in a variety of ways, including through health disorders, although verse 8 does not directly say so.

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