Category Archives: fate
OFUDESAKI 10-6
Interpretation: God will distinguish between nihon (pure mind) and kara (impure mind), by guidance or illness. This guidance is to help the people of kara, to purify their minds.
OFUDESAKI 10-5
Interpretation: Free and unlimited blessings are guidance given by God, to help others understand God’s teachings. These guidance mostly will appear as illness on our bodies, reflecting the dusts or evil thoughts in our minds.
OFUDESAKI 10-4
Interpretation: People usually will not accept God’s teaching by hearing it. This is why God will assist us to help people understand the teachings. Actions have more influence than words. This is why God will rush out to save others.
FORK IN THE ROAD
In the Ofudesaki, God tells us that there are paths of the mistaken mind (verse 3-95). These paths are regret, covetousness, self-love, greed, and arrogance (3-96). These path all lead to suffering of one. God does not tell us that … Continue reading
Why Do Good People Suffer?
There is one question that is often asked. Why do good people suffer? Most religious people will say that, it is God that punishes or rewards us for our behavior. But in the Ofudesaki, God tells us that God has … Continue reading
We Are Hypocrites
We are all hypocrites. This concerns most religions, but I will talk about my religion. In Tenrikyo, God specifically tells us that illness comes from the mind. The following is from the Ofudesaki and the Mikagura-uta. Whatever happens, what … Continue reading
OFUDESAKI 6-123
Interpretation: People tend to forget or refuse what is taught to them because of the dusts in their minds. These dusts are the thoughts of regret, covetousness, self-love, greed, and arrogance. These are the thoughts that affect our behavior, especially … Continue reading
OFUDESAKI 6-12
Interpretation: God is going to show the people who we have spread the teachings, guidance in the form of illness, to show them the evil thoughts in their minds. These are the dusts (greed, arogance, self-love, regret and covetousness) that … Continue reading
OFUDESAKI 6-10
Interpretation: God is telling the early followers the marvelous salvation in the world that will appear. Like everyone of us, we would like this miraculous salvation seen by our own eyes. But what the early followers did not know was … Continue reading
OFUDESAKI 6-8
Interpretation: God is telling the early followers that by performing the Joyous Service, God will begin to help save the world. But before this happens, God is preparing the followers.