Ofudesaki 09:019

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 09:019 is a verse from the Ofudesaki. The English translation below is the sixth edition translation.

Content

Prepare your minds for the place of the Jiba,	Kanrodai sueru tokoro o shikkari to	かんろたい　すへるところを　しいかりと
the place where the Kanrodai is to be set up.	Jiba no tokoro okokoro zumori o	ぢばのところを　心づもりを

Alternate English translations

Third Edition

Prepare your mind to surely identify the Jiba, the place where the Kanrōdai is to be set up!

Inoue/Eynon

The spot for setting up the Kanrodai has been decided. Prepare carefully the site surrounding the Jiba.

Commentary

Ofudesaki chushaku

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

9:19 *Note: The location of the Kanrodai was identified on 5/26/1875 (lunar calendar). Prior to this, Izo Iburi was instructed to build a wooden model of the Kanrodai in 1873 (Refer to 9:45). God’s intention was hastening for the construction of the Kanrodai since this time. The intent behind this verse was to hasten the preparation for the basic construction, for the place where the Kanrodai was to be constructed had already been determined according to God’s intention.

『おふでさき註釈』、p. 144 一九、註　かんろだいをすえる位置を定められたのは、明治八年陰暦五月二十六日である。これより先明示六年には飯降翁に命じて模型のかんろうだいをお作らせになっている（本号四五参照）。 神意は、既にその当時からかんろだいの建設をお急ぎになっているのである。本歌の大意は、かんろだいを建設すべき場所を神意のままに定めてあるから、その基礎工事の心積りをせよ、とお急き込みになっているのである。

Commentary by Yoshitaro Ueda (2010)

From Michi no dai: Foundation of the Path 38:43

Verse 19 tells the people to fully prepare their minds to identify the location of the Jiba, the place for the Kanrodai.

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