Ofudesaki 06:036

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 06:036 is a verse from the Ofudesaki. The English translation below is the sixth edition translation.

Content

If I should add instruments to them	kono mono ni dōgu o yosete dandan to	このものに　どふくをよせて　たん／＼と
and teach tem My providence step by step,	shugō oshieta koto de aru nara	しゆこふをしゑた　事であるなら

Alternate English translations

Third Edition

It should be good, if I call together instruments to add to them, and teach them My providence one by one.

Inoue/Eynon

It would be grand, if I assemble more instruments in order to gradually teach them My providence for this couple.

Commentary

Ofudesaki chushaku

• See Ofudesaki chushaku 06:029–51

Yoshitaro Ueda (2009)

From Michi no dai: Foundation of the Path 35:73

The verse refers to equipping the “fish” and the “serpent” with instruments and teaching them the providence and workings of God the Parent in a step-by-step manner. After putting the “orc” into the “fish,” God, as Tsuki-sama (the Moon), would enter it. After putting the “turtle” into the “serpent,” God, as Hi-sama (the Sun), would enter it. God would then conceive humankind. The phrase “add instruments to them...step by step” refers to this aspect of creation.

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