Category Archives: Understanding the heart to understand why we suffer
OFUDESAKI 8-16
Interpretation: People did not know what workings or free and unlimited blessings that God would provide. These blessing were intended to make people understand the heart, and God’s teachings, so they can be saved. What does it mean to be … Continue reading
Open the Portal to Settle the World
When God descended from heaven, God requested the Nakayama family to accept a request to make Oyasama the shrine of God. As Oyasama was a shrine, she was a portal to God. To pray to God, people would direct their … Continue reading
OFUDESAKI 8-17
Interpretation: God will begin to help the world understand the teachings, especially about the heart or mune. The workings are God’s guidance to help people understand the teachings.
How the location of the Kanrodai was identified
On the location of the Kanrodai, many people believe that God told the early followers to sweep the Residence with brooms to find the location of the Kanrodai. The church headquarter translates verse 8-82 as: Walk over where you … Continue reading
Translations resulting in two different paths
There are some of us that believe that all we have to do is believe in Oyasama, and perform the Service for God to purify our own minds and save us. They depend on God to do this. For instance, … Continue reading
OFUDESAKI 8-14
Interpretation: The true path is the path of the heart. We are all held responsible for our actions. We reap what we have sowed. This is one of the functions of our own heart.
God’s Prediction
Ju ichi ni ku ga nakunarite shin wasure Shogatsu niju roku niche o matsu 3-73 In chapter 11, Ku(nisazuchi) passes away, the original mind forgotten. January 26th day, I await. Verse 3-75 in the Ofudesaki has always been a … Continue reading
The Ofudesaki predicts the future
People translate the Ofudesaki as the Tip of the Writing Brush. But translating fude and saki, we can also translate it as “Writing brush of the future”. Yes, the Ofudesaki predicts the future. The most important prediction is that God … Continue reading
OFUDESAKI 8-13
Interpretation: We are not aware of what our hearts do, so we take the path of the world, where our actions do not have any consequences back to us. The path of the heart tells us that what we sow, … Continue reading
Translating Our Sacred Scriptures
People have often told me how difficult it is to translate from Japanese to English, and that sometime we fall prey to interpretation of our sacred scriptures. For example, on the translation of Song 9 of the Mikagura-uta, there is … Continue reading
OFUDESAKI-GOD'S TEACHINGS 