UNDERSTANDING OUR OWN SOUL
The first verse in the Ofudesaki is the most important message that God wants us to understand. God wants us to understand the soul (mune).The mune is what we must spread to the world. Without understanding the soul, there will continue to be suffering in the world. All of God’s teachings in the Ofudesaki, revolve around the soul. The following is from the Ofudesaki in hiragana waka style poetry:
(Yorozuyo no)( sekai ichiretsu)( miharasedo)
(mune no wakarita) (mono wa nai kara). 1-1
All generations of, the world everyone, looking at,
the soul’s understanding, person is nonexistent because, 1-1
But Tenrikyo leaders believe that the mune in the first verse refers to God’s heart or God’s mind.
Looking all over the world and through al ages,
I find no one who has understood My heart. 1-1
This is a completely different meaning from what God intended to say. Without understanding the first verse, one will not be able to understand how to live the Joyous life,. What is the soul, and what does it do? We will discuss this topic in the next posts.
おふでさきの最初の節は、神が私たちに理解してほしいと願っている最も重要なメッセージです。神は私たちに魂（ムネ）を理解することを望んでおられる。 魂を理解しなければ、世界には苦しみが続く。おふでさきの神の教えはすべて、魂を中心に展開されています。以下、ひらがな和歌によるおふでさきから：
(Yorozuyo no)( sekai ichiretsu)( miharasedo)
(mune no wakarita) (mono wa nai kara). 1-1
すべての世代の、世界の誰もが、見ている、
魂の理解、人は存在しない、 1-1
しかし、天理教の指導者たちは、最初の節の「むね」は神の心、あるいは神の心を指していると考えている。
すべての世代の、世界の誰もが、見ている、
私の心の理解、人は存在しない、1-1
これは神が意図した意味とはまったく違う。最初の節を理解しなければ、どうすれば「陽気ぐらし」ができるのかを理解することはできない。魂とは何か、魂は何をするのか。 このテーマについては、次回以降に説明する、
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OSAZUKE DOES NOT WORK?
THE OSAZUKE DOES NOT WORK
In performing the Osazuke, we are told to teach God’s teaching, and then perform the Sazuke to heal any illness. But does it heal any illness. If it did, our religion will be very popular. In my experience, I have not been any witness to miraculous healing performed by the sazuke.
WHEN DOES THE OSAZUKE HEAL?
Then when does the Osazuke heal people. In the Ofudesaki, God describes these illness as becoming illnesses. They are not existing illness that we can heal. They are illnesses that God places as guidance that can be healed by the Osazuke. Let me explain. By our special Service Youki-tsutome, we are asking God to sweep the negative thoughts of others. On acceptance of our prayer, God enters the person, and places illness depending on the negative thoughts of the individual. It is these negative thoughts that they will act upon that will create their negative fates that their own soul collects, stores, and eventually manifest as suffering. So God by the guidance is showing the person his or her future If negative thoughts are not eliminated.
If these people understand the guidance given, they will then come to our places of worship to be healed. I can be wrong, but Oyasama did not randomly heal people on the streets, like Jesus Christ. She went out to teach people, and waited for them to come to her when God placed guidance on them. She then informed them about the teachings, and healed them. This is how the teaching of the soul to purify one’s own mind is spread to the world.
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WHY GOD DESCENDED FROM HEAVEN
WHY GOD DESCENDED FROM HEAVEN
1. To teach us about the soul to attain the pure mind.
2. To teach us when our minds are pure, only joy will come from our souls.
3. To teach us how to spread these teachings to the world.
God’s intention was not to start a new religion with all it’s ceremonies and rituals. The main purpose of religious organization is to spread God’s teachings to the world.
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Pure mind is a mind without disappointment (oshii), covetousness (hoshii), self-love (kawaii), greed (yoku) and arrogance (kouman). see Ofudesaki verse 3-96
神はなぜ天から降りたのか?
1. 純粋なkokoro (mind) を得るために、魂について教えるため。
2. 私たちのkokoro (mind) が純粋であれば、魂か
らは喜びしか生まれないことを教えるため。
3. 世界に教えを広める方法を教えること。
神の意図は、儀式や儀礼のすべてを備えた新しい宗教を始めることではなかった。宗教団体の主な目的は、神の教えを世界に広めることだ。
純粋な kokoro (mind)とは、失望、貪欲、自己愛、貪欲、傲慢のない kokoro (mind) である。
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