Ofudesaki 06:122

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 06:122 is a verse from the Ofudesaki. The English translation below is the sixth edition translation.

Content

If only my mind is truly understood,	kokoro sai shinjitsu yori mo wakari tara	こゝろさい　しんぢつよりも　わかりたら
there will be nothing fearful or dangerous.	nani mo kowami mo abunaki mo nai	なにもこわみも　あふなきもない

Alternate English translations

Third Edition

If you mind heartily comprehends this truth, there shall remain nothing fearful or dangerous.

Inoue/Eynon

Once you understand this truth within your heart, your feelings of fear and danger will disappear.

Commentary

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This section contains translated material that has not yet been subjected to peer-review to check for accuracy and clarity. While the translator(s) have given their best effort to render Japanese text into English, we would like readers to keep in mind that the present translation may require further revising and refining. Any input to improve the present translation is greatly welcomed. Translator(s): Roy Forbes

6:122 If you wholeheartedly accept in your minds the truth of a thing lent, a thing borrowed, there will be nothing that will be fearful or dangerous.

『おふでさき註釈』、p. 112 一二二、銘々の心にかしもの・かりものの理を真から了得できたならば、何も怖い事もなければ危ない事もない。

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