Ojiba
人間が創造された場所が「じば」と呼ばれるのは興味深い。人間の起源を「おじば」と呼び始めたのは誰なのかと私は考えている。おふでさきにはじばについて次のように記されている。
It is interesting that the location of the creation of human beings is called Jiba. I am wondering who started to call the Origin of human beings Ojiba. In the Ofudesaki is the following where jiba is mentioned.
Kono tokoro Yamato no jiba no kamigata to
yuute iredomo moto wa shiromai 1-4
This place, Yamato’s locality’s, Kansai region,
saying accepting however, the Origin is not known. 1-4
kono tokoro moto naru jiba no koto narwaba
hajimari dashi o shiran koto nashi 7-4
This place, of the Origin to result in locality, the occurrence if so,
the beginning revelation, not known about nonexistent. 7-4
kono Tsukihi moto naru jiba ya moto naru no
innen aru de juuyojizai o 8-47
This God, the Origin to result in locality, of the Origin to result in,
causality to exist, free and unlimited blessings. 8-47
Kanrodai sueru tokoro o shikkari to
jiba no tokoro o kokoro zumori o 9-19
The Kanrodai, to install location, firmly,
the locality’s place, the minds gather. 9-19
sono toko de sekaijuu no ningen wa
mina sono jiba de hajime kaketa de 17-7
At that place, the world’s, humans,
all at that locality, beginning started. 17-7
sono Jiba wa sekai ichiretsu dokomade mo
kore wa nihon no kokyou naru zo ya 17-8
That locality is, the world everyone, wherever also,
this is nihon’s, birthplace to result in. 17-8
imamade wa kono. yo hajimeta ningen no
moto naru jiba wa tare mo shiran de 17-34
Until now, this world started, of humans,
the Origin to result in locality, who also dos not know. 17-34
要約すると、じばの定義は地域または場所である。
In Summary, the definition of jiba is locality or location.
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Two different meanings
In the Ofudesaki, God is the previous verses God is telling Shuji that although Shuji at 50 thinks he is old, God thinking is that a future exist for him. The following verse follows:
これからハ 心しいかり いれかへよ
これからハ 心しいかり いれかへよ
あくじはろふて ハかきによほふ. 1-65
Korekara wa kokoro shikkari irekae yo
Akuji haroute wakaki ni yohou 1-65
From now on, the mind firmly, replace it!
Wrong doings sweeping, to be young forecast. 1-65
God is telling Shuji that he is still young, and a future to save others exist. But in the Official Tenrikyo Church Headquarter’s translation is the following for the same verse.
From now, replace your mind firmly.
Sweep away the wrongdoing and take a young wife. 1-65
Korekara wa shikkari irekae yo
Akuji haroute wakaki nyoubou 1-65
The words によほふ. is what we need to translate. It is not pronounced as nyoubou, but it is ni yohou, The hiragana of ほ is pronounced ho and not bo. So the word appears to be yohou instead of nyoubou??
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Tenrikyo people are good
Again most Tenrikyo people are good people. They understand that they cannot do bad things because of karma (innen) and reincarnation. But they do not know how to convince people of other faiths, and spread these truth to the world. Fortunately on both topics, God tells us how to convince people, and how to spread the teachings to the world in the Ofudesaki.
First God tells us we must understand our own soul. The soul monitors our behavior, and brings upon suffering or joy depending on our behavior. It is not God that punishes or rewards us. This is what we must understand and spread to others. We can pray to God until we are exhausted, but it is not God that causes us to suffer or have joy. It is our own soul. We reap what we have sowed because of the soul.
God knows how difficult it is to convince people of the soul. That is why God has granted us the Youki-tsutome. After we have spread the teachings to others, This is a prayer asking God to help us sweep negative thoughts of these people.
God places illness of guidance to convince people of the soul, and what it does. God distinguishes what thoughts are in their mind, and places illness accordingly. It is these thoughts that one will eventually act upon, which creates their fates that their own soul collects, stores and eventually manifest suffering or joy back to them. God is showing them their future of sufferings if they do not remove their negative thoughts.
When these people understand the guidance given by God, they will come to our places to be healed by the (Osazuke). The osazuke does not heal existing illnesses, but cures illnesses given by God. They are also informed of the soul, and pure mind. When people understand the soul, they can purify their own minds by understanding what fates come from their own souls. If they do not act upon their negative fates, when suffering occurs, they can gradually purify their minds. When the mind is purified, only joy and health will come from their own soul.
This is how God’s teachings of the soul are spread to the world. Remember when the mind is pure, only joy and health will come from the soul. This joy and health is what God desires for everyone. This is why God was revealed.
The current Tenrikyo church leader believe that the Service helps us purify our own minds. But unfortunately they are mistaken. God in the Ofudesaki tells us that the Service, Youki-tsutome is a prayer to save others. We should already know how to purify our minds by understanding what fates come from our own souls. If God’s teachings are to spread, it is up to the current leaders to follow the instructions in the Ofudesaki to save the world.
再び、天理教徒の大半は善良な人々です。彼らは因果（因縁）と輪廻転生のため、悪事を働くことができないと理解しています。しかし、他宗教の人々を説得し、この真理を世界に広める方法を知りません。幸いなことに、この二つの課題について、神様は『おふでさき』の中で、人々を説得する方法と教えを世界に広める方法を教えてくださっています。
まず神は、我々は自らの魂を理解せねばならないと告げられる。魂は我々の行いを監視し、その行いに応じて苦しみや喜びをもたらす。罰したり報いたりするのは神ではない。これを理解し、他者に広めねばならない。神に祈りを捧げ尽くすほど祈っても、苦しみを招くのも喜びをもたらすのも神ではない。それは我々自身の魂なのだ。
神のみぞ知る、魂の存在を人々に納得させることの難しさを。それゆえ神は我らに「Youki-tsutome」を授け給うた。教えを広めた後、これらの人々の邪念を払拭せしめんと神に祈る儀式である。
神は魂の存在とその働きを悟らせるため、導きの病を授ける。神は彼らの心に宿る思いを見極め、それに応じて病を授けるのだ。やがて人はその思いを行動に移し、自らの魂が蓄積し貯蔵した運命を創り出す。そして最終的に苦しみや喜びとして返ってくるのである。神は、もし彼らが否定的な思いを取り除かなければ、未来に待ち受ける苦しみを示しているのだ。
これらの人々が神から与えられた導きを理解した時、彼らは私たちの場所へ来て（おさづけ）によって癒されるようになる。（おさづけ）は既存の病を治すのではなく、神から与えられた病を癒す。また魂と清らかなkokoro (mind) についても教えを受ける。魂を理解した者は、自らの魂から生じる運命を理解することで、自らの心を浄化できる。負の運命に振り回されず、苦しみが生じてもそれに流されなければ、次第にkokoro (mind) を清められる。Kokoro が清められた時、自らの魂からは喜びと健康のみがもたらされる。
これが魂に関する神の教えが世界に広まる方法である。kokoro (mind) に純粋さがあれば、魂からは喜びと健康のみがもたらされることを覚えておきなさい。この喜びと健康こそが、神がすべての人に望むものである。これこそが神が現れた理由である。
現在の天理教の指導者は、おつとめが自らのkokoro (mind)を清める助けとなると信じています。しかし残念ながら、それは誤りです。おふでさきに記された神様は、おつとめ（Youki-tsutome）が他者を救うための祈りであると教えておられます。自らの魂から生じる運命を理解することで、kokoro を清める方法は既に私たちに知られているはずです。神の教えを広めるためには、現在の指導者たちが世界救済のためにおふでさきの教えに従うことが求められています。
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Introduction to God’s teachings
I want to spread the teaching in the Ofudesaki. To do this, there must be something or a subject that ordinary people can relate to, and understand. I believe it is the soul that most people can relate to and understand. I have written this book as an introduction to our teachings from God. You can order this book on Amazon. Again there is no profit for me, as it is sold at the minimum cost. 
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Ofudesaki
In the Ofudesaki, most of the topics are about God’s guidance that will appear to help us understand the soul, to attain the pure mind. Words reflecting God’s guidance are the following in the Ofudesaki:
Hataraki
Juuyou
Juuyo
Juyojizai
You
Yo
Shiyawase
Okage
Riyaku
yurushi
What is the purpose of God’s guidance?
The end result is attaining the pure mind of the person who receives God’s guidance.
How does this happen of attaining a pure mind?
God tells us how difficult it is to convince people of the soul, that monitors our behavior. God helps us convince people of what the soul does, by placing illness depending on what negative thoughts are in the mind. It is these thoughts that we will eventually act upon, that creates our negative fates that the soul collects, stores, and eventually manifest as suffering. God by these illness of guidance shows people their future of suffering if they do not remove their negative thoughts.
But God tells us before these blessings are placed on others one must:
- purify one’s own mind by understanding the soul.
- Spread the teachings of the soul, pure mind, and God’s guidance that will appear
- Perform the Youki-Tsutome-tsutome asking God to help convince these people about the soul.
- When God accepts our prayer, God places illness as guidance to the people we have spread the teachings to,.
- The people who understand God’s guidance will come to our places of worship to be healed by the osazuke, and will also be informed of God’s teachings to purify the mind.
- These people will then be able to purify their minds by themselves. When the mind is pure, only joy and health will come from one’s own soul.
- When the mind is pure, one is saved.
By these steps, we can spread the teachings to the world.
Again, it is God’s guidance that will convince the world to purify the mind. But without understanding our prayer, God’s guidance will not appear. Our prayer, Youki-tsutome is to save other people, not ourselves, We are asking God to show people their future if they do not remove their negative thoughts.
All this information is in the Ofudesaki. Lets spread the teachings of the soul to the world!
おふでさきでは、ほとんどの主題が魂を理解し、清らかなkokoro (mind) を得るために現れる神の導きについて述べられています。おふでさきにおける神の導きを反映した言葉は以下の通りです：
Hataraki
Juuyou
Juuyo
Juyojizai
You
Yo
Shiyawase
Okage
Riyaku
yurushi
神の導きの目的は何でしょうか？
最終的な結果は、神の導きを受ける者のkokoro (mind) が清らかになることです。
では、どのようにしてkokoro (mind) が清らかになるのでしょうか？
神は、魂の存在を人々に納得させることの難しさを教えておられる。魂は私たちの行動を監視しているのだ。神は、kokoro (mind)に抱く否定的な思考に応じて病を授けることで、魂の働きを人々に理解させる手助けをされる。これらの思考こそが、やがて私たちの行動となり、魂が収集し蓄積する否定的な運命を生み出し、最終的に苦しみの形で現れるのである。神はこうした導きの病を通じて、否定的な思考を断ち切らなければ訪れる苦しみという未来を人々に示されるのだ。
1.魂を理解することで自らのkokoro (mind)を清める。
2.魂の教え、清らかなkokoro (mind)、そして現れる神の導きを広める。
3.魂についてこれらの人々を納得させるよう神に助力を求める（御祈り）を行う。
4.神が祈りを受け入れる時、神は導きとして病を置く。
5. 神の導きを理解した人々は、私たちの礼拝所に訪れ「おさづけ」によって癒され、kokoro (mind)を清める神の教えも伝えられる。
6. こうして人々は自らkokoro (mind) を清められるようになる。kokoro が清まれば、自らの魂から喜びと健康のみがもたらされる。
kokoro (mind) が清まれば、人は救われる。
これらの段階を踏むことで、教えを世界に広めることができます。
繰り返しますが、世界がkokoro (mind) を清めるよう導くのは神の御導きです。しかし、私たちの祈りを理解しなければ、神の御導きは現れません。私たちの祈りである「Youki-tsutome」は、自分自身ではなく他人を救うためのものです。私たちは、人々が悪い考えを捨てなければ未来がどうなるかを神に示してくださるよう願っているのです。
この教えのすべては『おふでさき』に記されています。魂の教えを世界に広めましょう！
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OFUDESAKI-GOD'S TEACHINGS 