From the high mountains, a broad path will open
(56) Today, though nothing is seen, look forward to the eight month. Then everything will be seen.
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Ofudesaki Part 5, verses 30–55
This path and the Divine Record in Nihon (“incantations or magical arts” and the “true art,” the branches and the root or the origin, Kara and Nihon)
(30) Take no short cuts. Have no greed or arrogance. Come out to the single and straight main path.1 Continue reading Ofudesaki Part 5, verses 30–55
- OC 5:30: You will never be able to come out to the true broad path if you rush to see results, seek shortcuts, and become blinded by greed or arrogance. It will do for you to avoid these misuses of the mind and singly devote yourself to the true teaching. ↩
Ofudesaki Part 5, verses 1–29
Part 5
May in the 7th year of Meiji
An old woman of 77 years
Part 5: From the method of settling each person’s mind to the construction of the broad path by spreading [Kami] the Parent’s teaching concerning the truth
Self-reflection regarding disorders of the body, leading to the blessing of the free and unlimited workings
(1) Until now, there has been much talk about rebirth as oxen or horses, but there has been no one who knows his past or future.[1. OC 5:1: Until now, there have been those who have talked about being reborn as oxen or horses, there is no one who knows what kind of people will reborn as oxen or horses or how one can be saved from the path of oxen and horses since it has never been clearly taught until today. Continue reading Ofudesaki Part 5, verses 1–29