Ofudesaki Part 08

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 Part 08 is an outline of the 8th part of the Ofudesaki. This outline is based on what appears in Thoughts on a Thematic Outline of the Ofudesaki by the second Shinbashira Shozen Nakayama. Ofudesaki Part 8 was written in May 1875.

Part 8: This part repeatedly emphasizes this message: Have faith in Oyasama and do not doubt that She is Shrine of Tsukihi, God the Parent, who created humankind.

1. Oyasama’s teachings are Tsukihi’s teachings, and Her actions are Tsukihi’s actions 1, 2–3, 4–5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
2. Human thoughts concerning Tsukihi and Oyasama’s position 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
3. Have faith in “the truth of My beginning this world” 18–9, 20, 21, 22, 23–4
4. The place for the Service and the true origin of the world 25, 26, 27
5. Childbirth and smallpox; the free and unlimited workings 28, 29–30, 31–2, 33, 34
6. The truth of the place for the Service 35, 36
7. The truth of Oyasama being the Parent; sincerity 37, 38, 39, 40–1, 42, 43, 44,
8. The correlation between single-hearted salvation, the Parent, and the Jiba 45, 46, 47, 48, 49–50
9. The salvation, regret, and anger of Tsukihi, the Parent of all 51–2, 53, 54, 55, 56–7, 58, 59, 60–2,
10. Children’s stopping the Parent’s work and taking things away; the need for the innermost heart to be made thoroughly clear 63, 64–5, 66–7, 68, 69
11. Have faith in the position of Oyasama 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77,
12. The Food of Heaven, the Kanrodai, and the Jiba 78–9, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88