Interpretation:
If God enters one’s body to Guide a person to understand the heart, then if the person has the ability by him or herself to purify their own minds. The workings (you) of God, help us achieve this goal of a pure mind.
OFUDESAKI 11-54
Interpretation:
God will enter the body and place illness as guidance to help others understand what their own hearts do. By understanding the heart (mune), they can purify their minds.
The Path to World Salvation
Understand the heart:
In the Ofudesaki and the Mikagura-uta, the first verse/song tells us that we do not understand the heart. What is the heart? The heart is mentioned in the Ofudesaki many times. Throughout the Ofudesaki, God tells us what the heart does. By understanding the heart, we can understand why people suffer or have joy. We can also understand concepts like reincarnation and karma (innen) by understanding the heart. But most importantly, by understanding the heart, we can purify our minds.
Attaining the Original mind:
The Original mind or the pure mind is the mind that was given to the first parents of human beings. This is the mind without disappointment (oshii), desire (hoshii), self-love (kawaii), greed (yoku) and kouman (greed). We can attain this mind if we understand what comes from our own hearts. Our own fates come from our hearts. When obstacles appear in our lives, God tells us to ponder our own minds, and not take actions on our dusts. This is the way we purify our minds, to attain the Original mind of God. Blaming others for obstacles that appear in our lives, only creates more dusts in our minds, that may eventually create more negative fate, that the heart must eventually direct back toward us.
Spreading the truth of the heart:
We must share the truth of the heart to the world. In the Mikagura-uta God calls the spreading of God’s truth “hinokishin”. We must spread the teachings before we can expect God to help us do this.
Perform the Joyous Service:
God in the Ofudesaki calls this Service the fertilizer. We are asking God to help us save others. Evil sweeping, save them please, Tenri-O-no-Mikoto. With the acceptance of all the previous conditions, God will then go out to save the world, by placing illness as guidance, to help people understand what the heart does naturally to help us purify our own minds.
*Note
How important is the monthly Service of the Mikagura-uta? I believe that it is not as important as the Joyous Service, which many may not agree with. But it serves as a function to remind us of the teachings in the Ofudesaki. The message is very important in the salvation of the world. The accurate translations can be viewed at heaventruth.com and on Facebook in the Mikagura-uta and the Ofudesaki Study Group.
In Summary, unfortunately Tenrikyo has become a religion like the major established religions of the world, where ceremonies, rituals, and faith are emphasized. I do not believe that God intended for this to happen when God was revealed in 1838 to save the world. We have a precious document in the Ofudesaki, that gives us the ingredients to live the joyous life. It also gives us the specific instruction to spread the teachings to the world.
OFUDESAKI 11-53
Interpretation:
The workings (you) are God’s blessings as guidance to help people understand the heart (mune) to purify their minds.
OFUDESAKI 11-52
Interpretation:
All through the Ofudesaki, God tells us that God will work when certain conditions are met. God will begin to place illness as guidance to help others understand the teachings, especially about the heart and the Original mind.
OFUDESAKI 11-51
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OFUDESAKI 11-50
Although there are many brochures and documents in our religion, and other religions, God is telling us that in the Ofudesaki, everything written is true. This is why we must study the Ofudesaki. This sacred scriptures gives us the instructions to live a “Joyous life, and also the instructions to spread these truths. Please Study these teachings.
* the most accurate translation is at heaventruth.com and on Facebook at the Tenrikyo Ofudesaki Study Group.
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OFUDESAKI 11-49
Interpretation:
The path to fear is the path of suffering. What we sow, we reap. Our negative actions will result in suffering in the future.
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We Reap What We Have Sowed Because of the Heart
The first verse of both the Ofudesaki and Mikagura-uta, God tells us that we do not understand the heart. What is the heart? Tenrikyo Church Headquarter translates it as God’s mind. Yes, we may not understand God’s intentions; but is this the real meaning of this verse? In the Ofudesaki, mune is mentioned many times. Of course, mune is not our physical heart that keeps us physically alive. In the Ofudesaki, the following is attributed to the heart.
The Original mind, if you think about it.
The heart, what comes from it, all ponder. 2-15
The heart is the sand to purify the mind 3-11
Ponder what comes from the heart, 3-47
heart is settling 2-28
the innermost heart, God will distinguish 4-107
depending on your innermost heart, it will be done 4-108
the innermost heart to sweep, that is said. 5-27
the sweeping of the heart must be done, because the Original mind, the understanding is nonexistent. 5-28
For the Original mind, the heart to quickly settle 5-74
your hearts you are dependent on. 6-97
what comes from the heart, to attain the Original mind, quickly understand. 7-27
from what comes from your heart, hurry sweeping. 7-30
What comes from the heart, the Original mind, show it. 7-32
The heart is not understood. The regret of God. 7-44
What comes from the heart, all will sweep. 7-95
The hearts, piles of dust have accumulated. 8-61
What comes from the heart, one must clear it away, to prepare for what follows 8-67
To approach the Original mind, the heart if understood, God will be delighted 10-59
The high mountains cannot understand the heart. The regret of God 10-90-
The sweeping of the heart, you will be able do do by yourself 12-79
This Original mind what is it about. Ponder the heart, This is foremost 12-133
To attain the Original mind, the sweeping of the heart, by oneself can be done. 12-172
the heart if it is purified, there will be no danger. 13-83
The heart God is certainly looking at. 13-98
The heart to God’s mind is accepted, forever to occur, I certainly stand firm. 13-99
Everyone, all individuals are dependent on the heart. 13-117
For the Original mind, the heart’s sweeping, all will begin. 14-72
The world’s heart to sweep 15-47
The heart, God is watching 16-79
The sweeping of the heart, I say I desire. 17-50
the heart’s sweeping to do, think about! 17-62
From these verses, we can say that fates come from our hearts. God tells us to ponder what comes from our heart. Ponder the daily occurrences in our lives.
Like the sand in the water purification system, does the heart collect waste, in our case, it collect information on our actions, like demerits, and eventually release them as fate.
God is telling us that our hearts can be swept of these negative fates.
God is telling us to attain the Original pure mind, we must ponder what the heart bings forth as fate, and not take action on our evil thoughts. This is the way to purify our minds, and eliminate all negative fates.
From this I will conclude that the heart is an entity in each of our bodies which is eternal. This may be the soul, or contained within our souls. The heart collects our negative actions and stores them as fate, eventually releasing them when opportunity arises, many times in our next lives. We reap what we sow because of our hearts. This is why God wants us to understand the heart. By understanding the heart, we can return to the Original pure mind that was given to the first parents of human beings. When we attain this mind, only joy will come from our hearts. This is the Joyous life!
When our mind are pure, due to understanding what comes from our hearts, then our prayers will be accepted by God!
WHAT GOD WANTS US TO UNDERSTAND
Here again God is telling us that we do not understand the heart. In the first verse of the Ofudesaki, God also tells us that we do not understand the heart. What is the heart? Most believe that it is God’s heart; but I believe that God is talking about our heart. It is not our physical heart, but it is an entity, possibly the soul or contained in, that monitors our behavior, and delivers our fate as we deserve by our actions. It is not God that punishes or rewards us; it is our own hearts that do that for us. God wants us to understand the heart.
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OFUDESAKI-GOD'S TEACHINGS 