Ofudesaki 09:033

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 09:033 is a verse from the Ofudesaki. The English translation below is the sixth edition translation.

Content

Look all over the world and through all ages.	yorozu yo no sekai ichiretsu miwataseyo	よろづよの　せかい一れつ　みハたせよ
You will find many kinds of illnesses so-called.	yamai to yū mo iroiro ni aru	やまいとゆうも　いろ／＼にある

Alternate English translations

Third Edition

Look all over the world and through all ages! Then you shall find varieties of so-called illness, sickness or disease.

Inoue/Eynon

Look all over the world through all ages, and you will find various kinds of diseases.

Commentary

Commentary by Yoshitaro Ueda (2010)

From Michi no dai: Foundation of the Path 38:45

The verse is saying that looking “all over the world” and “through all ages” will reveal that there is a great diversity of conditions that are called illnesses.

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