Ofudesaki 13:051

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 13:051 is a verse from the Ofudesaki. The English translation below is the sixth edition translation.

Content

By what means can they be ended?	kono moyō dōshita naraba osamarō	このもよふ　どふしたならば　をさまろふ
If only you set forth on the Joyous Service.	Yōki Zutome ni detaru koto nara	よふきづとめに　でたる事なら

Alternate English translations

Third Edition

With what arrangements can it be settled? Peace shall come, if only you go forth to perform the Yōki-Zutome, the Joyous Service.

Inoue/Eynon

What is the best way to settle these struggles? Only if you perform the Joyous Service, will peace prevail.

Commentary

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13:51 If you are to ask what is to be done to settle peace in this world, if you proceed to perform the Joyous Service, I shall accept this and reveal free and unlimited protection. Thus, this disturbance will settle in due time.

『おふでさき註釈』、p. 205 五一、世の中が平和に治まるようにするには、どうすればよいか、というと、よふきづとめに取り掛かったならば、その理を受け取って親神が自由自在の守護を現すから、この騒ぎもやがて治まる。

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