Ofudesaki Part 15

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 15 is an outline of the 15th 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.

Part 15 was written in 1880.

Part 15: God is hastening the gathering of performers to complete the Service and teaching the cleansing of the heart. We strongly feel the urgency of the serious situation.

1. Using the lameness of Shuji’s leg as a basis for teaching, God urges each person to set the mind to perform Service 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
2. Returns for the “regret” and the blessings according to the mind 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
3. The sweeping done by manifesting the innermost heart of each person upon his body 18, 19–20, 21
4. The lameness of Shuji’s leg and the the hastening of the Service 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56
5. Nurturing useful timber in the low valleys and hastening the Service 57–8, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63
6. Guidance by means of bodily disorders; the way to set the mind and the way to purify the heart 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71
7. The urgent hastening of the Service done single-heartedly 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90