In the Ofudesaki, God tells us there is no one who is essentially evil.
In all generations, world’s places, to look out over,
of evil person is, furthermore nonexistent. 1-52
In everyone, evil said , nonexistent but,
of little dust is , attached saying resulting in.
At first I though these verses did not make sense to me, as we see people committing atrocities in the world. But in the Ofudesaki, God tells us that it is the negative thoughts that attach to people’s minds that makes them evil when they act upon them. If they can remove these negative thoughts, they will only be able to act on their positive thoughts. Then only health and happiness will appear from their souls. This is why God wants us to spread the truth of the soul to others. These people who commit these atrocities do not know what sufferings will occur to them if they do not remove their negative thoughts.
Little by little, debts pile up. That upon is,
Cows and horses to see, because the path to exist 8-54
Some religions say that God tells people that the wicked or evil people must be eliminated, including their families. These instruction do not originate from God, but from human minds. In the Ofudesaki, God tells us we are all brothers and sisters created from the same parents. There is no one who is essentially evil. Only negative thoughts have attached to their minds. It is up to us (Tenrikyo people) , to help them purify their minds so they do not suffer in the future.
In summary, we cannot eliminate people that have acted on their negative thoughts. If we eliminate them, their physical bodies that are loaned to them by God will perish, but their soul carries them to their next destination (reincarnation), and will carry their fates and associated thoughts to their next life, They will continue to act on their evil thoughts and continue to suffer. This is why we must spread the truth of the soul to the world. God has granted us two special prayers to do this. But unfortunately, currently we do not understand these two prayers, and not using them as intended by God. I will not discuss the two prayers here, as I have discussed them in previous posts. Again in the Ofudesaki, God tells us how to save ourselves, and also save these so called “evil people”.