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GOSANKA
GOSANKA
(Poems To Be Chanted)
KAMI NO KEIRIN
CHIJO-TENGOKU UCHITATEN TOTE MUKASHI YORI
SHIGUMI SHIMASERI MIROKU OKAMI
GOD'S PLAN
Since the beginning
Of His Creation, the great
God of Light has had
His Plan for establishing
Paradise on earth for man.
KAMI NO KEIRIN
CHIISA NARU HITO NO MANAKO NI UTSURA-MEYA
O-AMETSUCHI O TADASU SHIGUMI NO
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GOD'S PLAN
How can God's great Plan
To correct all man's errors
And to purify
The universe be perceived
By limited human sight?
NINGEN
BAMBUTSU NO OSA NARU HITO NI KASE-RARESHI
KAMI NO SHIMEI WA TENGOKU KENSETSU
MAN
The mission assigned
By God unto man alone,
The lord of his world,
Is to create, establish
A real paradise on earth.
NINGEN
TOTOKU-MO KAMI YORI UKESHI INOCHI NAREBA
OROSOKA NI SUNA MICHI O MAMORITE
MAN
God gives man his life,
So he should always take care,
Not trifling with it
But living in harmony
With God's Divine Law always.
An individual part,
Of God's Total Self.
Let each one cleanse his own soul,
Return it to its pure state.
TOKI
OI NARU REKISHI NO FUSHI WA CHIKAYORI-NU
MANAKO HIRAKl-TE YO NO SAMA O MIYO
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REIMEI NI KIZUKU HITO KOSO SHINJITSU NO
MANAKO O MOTERU SHIRUSHI NARI KERE
TIME
A great tuning point
In earth's time is near at hand.
Open up your eyes
And see what is happening,
See the world's actual state.
OSHIE MI-OYA
HITO NI SHITE HITO Nl-SHI ARAZU KAMI NI SHITE
KAMI Nl-SHI ARANU WAGAMI OMOEBA
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OINARU SHIMEI NI IKURU WARE NI SHITE
CHIKARA KAGIRI NI YO ZO SUKUWA-NAN
OUR FOUNDER
I feel very strange
When I think about myself,
Fort am arnan,
Yet not a man, since I am
Used as God's own instrument.
As I spend my life
Fulfilling the great mission
God assigned to me,
I will always do my best
For all the world's salvation.
KYUSEI NO OSHIE
GENTO RIYAKU ARU SHUKYO NI YO O SUKUU
MAKOTO NO CHlKARA ARI TO KOSO SHIRE
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IKA NARAN OSHIE O TOKU MO SEN NAKERE
KISEKI NAKERE-BA HITO UBE-NAWAJI
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RIKUTSU MOTE TOKENU SHIMPI O AKIRAKA NI
SURU KOSO MAKOTO NO OSHIE NARU-RAME
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However lofty,
Profound, its teachings may seem,
Without miracles
A religion won't inspire
People to accept that faith.
When a religion
Clarifies life's mysteries
Which theorizing,
Logic, can't explain it is
A real religion of Truth.
KYUSEI NO OSHIE
JOSHIKI NI KAKETARU OSHIE WA BAN-NIN O
SUKUU OSHIE NI ARAJI TOZO OMOU
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AMATA ARU OSHIE O IKASU OSHIE KOSO
MIROKU NO NORASU OSHIE NARI-KERE
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SEICHI
OKAMI WA ATAMI O ERAMI TENGOKU NO
KATA TSUKURU-BYOU YOSASHI TAMAINU
UTSUSHI-YO NO KEGARE NI SOMl-SHI MOROBITO NO
KOKORO O AROU TENGOKU NO SONO
World impurities
Are cleansed from visitors' hearts
In our paradise
By the high spiritual
Vibration in the garden.
SEICHl
TSUKARE-TARU YOBITO SHIZUKA Nl lKOWA-SEN
TENGOKU NO KATA WARE WA TSUKURI-TE
I wish to invite
All those who are suffering
ln any manner
To come to our Paradise,
If for just a little while.
CHIJO-TENGOKU
BYO-HIN-SO MATTAKU KIYURU BUNKA KOSO
TENGOKU RAKUDO NO BUNKA NARI KERE
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SHIN-ZEN-BI MATTAKU SONAWARU UTSUSHI-YO O
CHIJO-TENGOKU TO WARE WA YUU NARI
PARADISE ON EARTH
I'm doing my best
ln order to help fulfill
God's marvelous Plan,
The establishment on earth
Of a true, real paradise.
Civilization
In which mankind's miseries
Will all be erased
Can well be described as one
That is a heaven on earth.
Paradise on earth
That is what I call a world
Where, in perfect form,
Truth and virtue and beauty
Are being manifested.
CHIJO-TENGOKU
CHIJO-TENGOKU MIROKU NO MIYO TO HITO YOBU MO
RISO-SEKAI NO KOTO NIZO ARI-KERU
PARADISE ON EARTH
That which has been called
Kingdom of Heaven on earth,
Or Utopia,
Arcadia, Miroku,
ls the ideal world to come.
SHIN-ZEN-BI
SHIN O OSHl-E ZEN O OKONAI BI O TANOSHIMASE
HITO MICHIBIKU ZO TENGOKU NO MICHI
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SHIN WA MICHI ZEN WA OKONAI BI WA KOKORO
TSUCHIKA-WAN TOTE KOKORO KUDAKU MO
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SHIN GA UMU KOKORO WA ZEN NARI ZEN GA UMU
KATACHI WA BI NARI SHIRE YO MAME-HITO
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SHIN-ZEN-Bl
SHIN-ZEN-BI MATTAKI SEKAI TATSURU NIWA
AlZEN NO OKONAI OKITE TA NI NASHI
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OKONAI MO KOKORO MO KOTOBA MO URUWASHIKI
HITO KOSO TENGOKU TEN-NIN NARI-KERE
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Paradise on earth
Will be a world of beauty,
Where the inner hearts
Of all its inhabitants
JOHREI
JOHREI NO NA MOTE OKONOU WAGA WAZA WA
HI NO SENREI NO KOTO NIZO ARI-KERU
JOHREI NO KISEKI NAKU-SHITE IMA NO YO NI
KAMI SATORU MONO ARAJI TO ZO OMOU
JOHREI
God's Light, consuming,
cleansing man's clouds through Johrei,
Purifying him,
Is the one true baptism
For the spiritual self.
That is so material,
Very few people
Will realize God's Power
Without Johrei's miracles.
Purifying earth
Of its clouded condition
Can best be achieved
Through channeling God's great Light,
Lifeline of true salvation.
CHIE NO HIKARI
EICHI NARI A EICHI NARI EICHI KOSO
YAMIJl O TERASU HIKARI NARU-RAME
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WAGA KAKISHI FUMI MA-TSUBUSA NI YOMU HITO WA
FUKAMARI YUKU NARI EICHI TOU MONO
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ITO TAKAKI KAMI NO MEGUMOU CHIE KOSO WA
KOYONAKI HITO NO CHIKARA NARl-KERE
CHIE NO HIKARl
YAMI NO MICHI YASUKU YUKANAN KAMI NO FUMI
ANAI NI MAKOTO NO TSUE TSUKI NAGARA
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SHIN NO CHIE Al NO HIKARI NI AFURE-TARU
HITO NO YO NI IZURU MIROKU NO MIYO KANA
CHIE NO HIKARI
HITO NO YO NO MOMO NO KURUSHIMI KIWAMURE-BA
MUCHI GA MOTO NARU KOTO O SHIRI-KERI
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UWATSURA NO CHIE WA SUSUME-DO MAKOTO NARU
CHIE NAKI HITO NO HI NI FUYURU YO YA
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KAMI NO FUMI NI SHITASHIMI NI TSUTSU SUSUMU MI WA
MAYOI NO MICHI NI FUMI-lRU KOTO NAKI
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SHINKO
CHIHAYA-BURU KAMI NO HlKARI NI TERASARE-TE
TOKOYAMI NO YO MO YASUKU IKI-NAN
FAITH
Let us make our way,
Walk in God's Eternal Light.
Then we can feel sure,
Can live with full peace of mind,
Even in this dark, dark world.
SHINKO
KAGIRI NAKI KAMI NO MEGUMI O UKE NAGARA
KAMI SHIRA-NU HITO OKI YO-NO-NAKA
FAITH
Alas, in this world
There are so many people
Receiving God's Love,
His most abundant blessings,
Yet they have no faith in Him.
Poor non-believers!
In future their lives will be
Just like weeds floating
Upon the moving waters,
Not knowing where they will go.
MAKOTO
TSUTANAKU-MO MAKOTO NI IZURU KOTO-NO-HA WA
HITO O UGOKASU CHIKARA ARI-KERI
LOVE
Even though awkward,
Stumbling and poor, words of love
Spoken from the heart
Have the power to affect,
To move the hearts of others.
Something is missing
ln our material world.
It is love, real love
God's Love expressed through mankind
That is lacking in our world.
MAKOTO
TOTOKI WA MAKOTO NARI-KERI KUROGANE NO
IWAO MO TOSU CHIKARA TOZO NARU
LOVE
Nothing's as precious,
Priceless, as true makoto.
Nothing has its strength,
The power to penetrate
Even an iron-hard rock.
MAKOTO
IKA-NARAN MICHI MO TAYASUKU SUSUMU NARI
LOVE
Though the road is hard,
Though steep, I can walk onward
With happiness, ease,
If I have with me the staff
Of true love to lean upon.
MAKOTO
ATARASHIKI HEIWA NIHON O UCHI-TATSURU
MA-CHIKARA KOSO WA MAKOTO NARI-KERE
LOVE
The spirit of love,
Of true love and devotion,
ls the one power
Which can build a brand-new world
Full of peace and harmony.
Whatever Problems,
Troubles, may arise in life,
Those who choose pure love
As their guiding principle
Will not ever be afraid.
RITA-AI
YUKASHI KERE WAGAMI NO KOTO O ATO NI SHITE
HITO NO YOKARE TO NEGOU KOKORO NO
RITA-AI
HITO NO SACHI NEGOU KOKORO NO HITO TO NARE
OMIKOKORO NI KANOU-RU NAREBA
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WAREYOSHI NO KOKORO KIYOME-TE HITO YOKARE TO
INORU KOKORO WA KAMI NI KAYOERU
My mind is serene,
Cheerful, for I am working
For humanity,
Only for the good of man,
The good of the entire world.
RITA-AI
YO NO HEIWA HITOYO NO SACHl O HAKARU KOSO
HITO TO UMARE-SHI TSUTOME NARU-RAME
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Individuals
Who constantly do their best
For humanity,
For the world in general,
Seem to me like diamonds.
KYOIKU
ZEN WA SAKAE AKU WA HOROBURU KOTOWARI O
TOKU KOSO MAKOTO NO KYOIKU NARI-KERE
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KATACHI NOMl OSHIURU GAKU NO UTATE KERE
KOKORO NO MESHll SONO-MAMA NI SHITE
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TOKOSHIE NO INOCHI SATORA-NU YUIBUTSU NO
MANABI NI KONOYO KATAME RARE ORI
EDUCATI ON
True education
Is teaching man that good deeds
Bring prosperity
And that evil brings failure,
According to Divine Law.
KYOIKU
ZEN-AKU NO KEJIME MO WAKA-NU NINGEN O
TSUKURU OSHIE WA GI-SHINRI NARU-RAME
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BUSSHITSU NO MANABI NOMI NITE YO WA TATAZU
KOKORO NO MANABI HAYAKU HIRAKAN
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EDUCATION
An education
Producing those who cannot
Tell good from evil,
Discriminate between them,
Offers only pseudo-truths.
WARE SUKUWARENU
INOCHI SAE AYAUKI HODO NO ITATSUKI MO
IETE MEGUMI NI HITARU URESHISA
How grateful I am
To be healed of my sickness
ln mind and spirit!
How can I serve God enough
To show Him my gratitude?
WARE SUKUWARENU
Ml-MEGUMI NI MUKUI MATSURA-DE OKUBESHI YA
IKERU KONO-MI NO SACHI O OMOE-BA
In service to Him
To express my gratitude
For His wonderful blessing.
WARE SUKUWARENU
MURAKIMO NO INOCHI TAMAISHI MI-MEGUMI O
UCHI WASURE-NABA KEMONO NI HITOSHIKI
Just to be alive,
In good health, without mishaps,
Is far more precious
And brings greater happiness
Than all the wealth in the world.
WARE SUKUWARENU
NAGAKI YO O MAYOI MAYOl-TE KITSURU WARE
KAMI NO HIKARI NI MEZAME-SHI URESHISA
Seemingly a dream,
Nothing more, to me before,
Happiness is now
Clearly visible to me.
I cannot but cry with joy.
KOFUKU
MONO NOMI NI TAYORI HITASURA TSUKAMAN TO
SUREDO NIGE-YUKU KOFUKU NO NIJI
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ONOGA TE NI KOFUKU NO TSUNA TACHIKIRI-TE
JIGOKU NI OTSURU HITO NO HAKANA-SA
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SACHIWAI NO TOMONOU YOSHI NAKI BUNMEI WA
HITO NO TSUKURI-SHI MONO NAREBA NARl
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Civilization
Does not bring man happiness,
Because today's world
Is a civilization
Which man has made for himself.
KOFUKU
SHUCHAKU TO KIRINAKI YOKU NO SHIGARAMI NI
MI MO TAMASHII MO HOROBURU NARI-KERI
A freedom of choice
Is given to everyone.
Man can thus create
Either a heaven or hell,
According to his thinking.
HITO NO MICHI
HITO NO MICHI
SHISHIN NAKU TADASHIKI MICHI O MAMORI NABA
OMIMEGUMI O YUTA NI UKU NARI
If we constantly
Keep the word "moderation"
In mind, live by it,
lt's relatively easy
To get along in this world.
HITO NO MICHI
TAKAKI HIKUKI KEJIME O TSUKE-ZU NEMOGORO NI
OSHIURU HITO KOSO MIMUNE NI KANAWAN
To deceive others
Or lie to them is the same
As stealing from them
Their own rightful possessions;
All such acts are betrayals.
YO NI SHO-SHITE
YUU BEKI TO IWADE YOKI KOTO ARU YO NARI
MICHI NI ARU MONO KOKORO SEYO-KASHI
Individuals
With high spiritual selves
Radiate something
Warm, loving, which can be felt
By everyone around them.
It is most pleasant
To listen to those who speak
Of things as they are,
Without exaggeration,
Though fully, without reserve.
YO NI SHO-SHITE
ENMAN NI MONO O OSAMURU HITO NI SHITE
MORO-MORO NO HITO SHITAI KURU NARI
YO NI SHO-SHITE
KAN-NAGARA KAMI NO MANl-MANI SUSUMU KOSO
UKl-NO-YO YASUKU WATARU MICHI NARE
No need to wonder
Why things do not always go
As the mind desires.
All problems are caused by clouds
On the spiritual self.
SHOJIKI TO USO
USO O YUU HITO KOSO ITOMO OROKA NARE
ONOGA SHITA MOTE ONOGA KIZU-TSUKI
God recognizes
The sincere, honest people
Above all others.
They receive boundless blessings
In return for their virtue.
SHOJIKI TO USO
IMAWASHI-KI KOTO NOMI SHIGEKI UTSUSHI-YO WA
ITSUWARI-BITO NO OKERE-BA NARI
Know it is within
Insincere, dishonest minds
That bad seeds are sown,
That seeds of many evils
Are planted, watered and grown.
SHOJIKI TO USO
SHOJIKI NO TAKARA WA KOYO-NAKI TAKARA NARI
MAKOTO NO TAKARA ZO KONO TAKARA NARU
SHOJIKI NO HITO TSUKURU NIWA ONOGA MAZU
USO ITSUWARI O SUTSURU NI ARl-KERI
I am now spreading
The divine teachings of God,
So more and more men
May be awakened to Truth,
May become truly good men.
ln order to help
Others be more virtuous,
Completely good men,
He who serves must rid himself
Of all insincerity.
KANSHA HO-ON
TSUTSUGA NAKU Hl-BI ARU SAE MO OKE NAKI NI
SUKUI NO WAZA O TAMAWARU URESHISA
KANSHA HO-ON
KANSHA HO-ON
SUKUWARE-SHI SACHl O OMOE-BA Ml O TSUKUSHI
KOKORO KUDAKl-TE MUKUWA-DE OKAME-YA
ISO-NO-BE NO MASAGO NI HITOSHI-KI MI NI-SHI AREDO
UKE-SASE TAMAE MAKOTO NO SHIRUSHl O
I am no greater
Than a seashore's grain of sand,
But God, please accept
This token of gratitude;
It is given from my heart.
Helpless as I am,
So powerless by myself,
KANSHA HO-ON
ITO CHISAKI WAGA-YA NARE-DOMO OKAMI NO
MEGUMI NO SACHI NI TENGOKU NARl-KERI
YAMAI
SUKOYAKA NI HITO IKASHI YUKU OSHIE KOSO
TEN-I NI NARISHI KYUSEI NO MICHI
ILLNESS
The way to save man
Is the Divine Light Program,
Which leads to true health.
This program was established
As God ordained it should be.
YAMAI
lTATSUKI NO MOTO SHIRAZU-SHITE ITATSUKl O
NAOSAN TO SURU HITO NO OROKA-SA
ILLNESS
Oh, how mistaken
Are those individuals
Who attempt to solve
Any, all kinds of problems,
Without knowing their true cause.
Illness is cleansing,
A purifying action
I know it is God
Who created man's body
And Who cures his ills,
Because man cannot create
Or cure anything alone.
YAMAl
ITATSUKI NO MOTO WA MITAMA NO KUMORI YU TO
SATORI-TE MIGAKE MICHI NI ARU HlTO
ILLNESS
You who serve God's Plan,
Know the cause of all problems
Is clouds that gather
On spiritual bodies,
And try to be purified.
O-MIKOKORO
KUSHIBI NARI A KUSHIBI NARI NEGIGOTO NO
TADASHI KARI-SEBA KANAE-MASU KAMO
GOD'S WILL
O wonderful God!
He answers all our prayers,
Fulfills our desires,
When what we ask for is right,
O-MIKOKORO
HARUNONO NI ASOBU GA GOTOKU URA TANOSHI
KAMI NO REI-I NI TSUTSUMARURU MI WA
GOD'S WILL
I am now, I know,
Enveloped in God's Aura,
So I'm as happy
As if I was out playing
ln a field of spring flowers.
ZEN TO AKU
IKA-NARAN YOKl OKONAI MO KAMI SHIRANU
HITO WA OKATA RIKO NO TAME NARU
ZEN TO AKU
HITO NI YOKU OMOWARE-TASHI TO NEGOU HITO
OKATA KAMI O WASURE-GACHI NARU
ZEN TO AKU
YOKI MONO O YOSHI TOSHI ASHIKI O ASHI TO MIRU
MANAKO WA TADASHI-KI MANAKO NARl-KERU
KAISHIN
True humility
Guides those who are well aware
Man cannot equal
God's Power, Which is Perfect,
Limitless, in every way.
KAISHIN
TADA WAGA-MI YOKARE NO KOKORO NI WAZAWAI NO
TANE MAKU HITO ZO AYAU KARl-KERU
OVERCOMING SELF-LOVE
How precarious
Is the future of those men
Who are now sowing
The dark seeds of misfortune
Because of their love for self!
Instead of taking
Time to criticize others,
Use it to reflect,
Consider your shortcomings,
MABITO
HITO NO TSUMI TOGAMURU HITO KOSO KAMI YORI NO
TOGAME KAGAFURU HITO NIZO ARI-KERU
MABITO
TADA KAMI NO O-MIKOKORO NI KANAWAN TO
TSUTOMURU HITO KOSO MABITO NARI-KERE
MABITO
EIKETSU TO YO NI TATAE-RARURU HITO YORI MO
BAN-NIN SHITOU HITO NOZOMU WARE WA
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HITO NO YO NO KURAKU NO MOTO WA MINA ONOGA
TE MOTE TSUKURI-SHI MONO NIZO ARI-KERU
Let us be aware
That the true source of sorrow
Or joy in our lives
SHIN-ON
SONO KORO O KAERIMI-SUREBA OSOROSHI-MO
YAMIJI TSUE NAKU SAMAYOI-SHI WARE
SHIN-ON
FUKI-SUSABU YO-ARASHI TOTEMO WASURE-KERU
KAMI NO HIKARI NI TSUTSUMARE-TE YORI
PATTERNS OF LIFE
Now that I am bathed,
Enveloped in God's great Light,
I am not disturbed
By all of the mighty storms
We may be surprised
To find the fate that others
Met with yesterday
Becoming our fate today,
For this is the way of life.
SHIN-ON
CHIKARA NAKU TSUE NAKU TOMOSHIBI MOTANU MI NO
KAMI NI SUGARA-DE AYUMI UBESHI YA
TURNING TO GOD
I don't have a torch,
SHIZEN NO SETSURI
EIEN NI O-AMETSUCHI NO SAKAYURU WA
MOMO NO UGOKI NO KURUI NAKERE-BATOKOTOWA
NATURE
The basic reason
Great Nature Constantly thrives
Improves and expands
Is that each, every part moves
Along in perfect order.
SHIZEN NO SETSURI
OZORA NO HIROKI O AOGI-TE OMOU KANA
KAGIRI MO SHIRANU KAMI NO TAI-AI
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CHIISA NARU GAKURI O MOCHITE OI NARU
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GOD'S LAWS
Whene'er I look up,
The vast expanse of the sky
Always reminds me
How Limitless, Infinite,
The Love of the One God is.
REISETSU
SHINKO NO SHINZUI KOSO WA REISETSU O
MAMORU NI ARI TO SHIRE-YO MAMEHITO
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UTSUSHI-YO NO MIDARE NO MOTO WA REISETSU O
NAIGASHIRO NI SESHI TOGA NI-ZO ARI-KERU
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REISETSU TO JUNJO TADASHIKI KUNI KOSO WA
KAMI SHIROSHI-MESU HEIWA-KYO NARE
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PRINCIPLE
Spiritual life,
ln essence, is observing
In physical life
The great law of principle.
Let us act accordingly.
A country in which
Principle, order are kept
ls an ideal place
Utopia where all men
Live under God in peace, love.
REISETSU
JIYU-MUGE KOKORO NO MAMA NI ARI-NAGARA
NORI KOENU KOSO TOTOKARI KERE
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PRINCIPLE
Oh, what a great state
Of inner awareness 'tis
To be natural
And at ease always, and yet
Live in accord with God's Law.
HEIWA SEKAI
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ISAKAI O KONOMU NINGEN NO HAKANASA YO
YABAN NO SAGA NO NOKORE-BA NARI-KERU
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WORLD OF PEACE
To always seek peace
And to shun any conflict
ls the true spirit
Of great, total harmony
God has implanted in man.
HEIWA SEKAI
HITO MINA NO KOKORO GA KAMI NI KAYOU KOSO
SEKAI HEIWA NO HAJIMARI NARU-RAME
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YO O INORU MAKOTO-GOKORO NO WA GA ARE-BA
MOMO NO WAZAWAI KIE-TE YUKU NARI
WORLD OF PEACE
When the hearts of all
Come to be in harmony
With the Will of God,
It will be the beginning
Of the world of real, true peace.
SEIGI
TADASHIKI O OKONOU MONO NO MUKASHI YORI
MAGA NO SAYARI NO ARU YO NARI-KERI
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MURAKIMO NO INOCHI NO KAGIRI TATAKAWAN
KONO YO HOROBOSU MAGA NO TAKUMI TO
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RIGHTEOUSNESS
Throughout the ages,
Men who have stood for justice,
Right, have been harassed,
Attacked, through the influence
Of dark forces in this world.
As long as we live,
Let us always do our best
To combat the schemes,
The plots, of the dark forces,
Which try to destroy the world.
SEIGI
KAMI O CHIRARA NI MAKOTO O TSUE NI SUSUMU MI WA
YO NI OSORURU MONO NAKI O SHIRI-KERI
RIGHTEOUSNESS
I have learned that those
Who trust in God completely
And live every day
With an attitude of love
Have naught to fear on this earth.
MITAMA MIGAKl
WAGA MITAMA MIGAKAN TO SHITE OKAMI WA
MAGATOU TOISHI MOCHII TAMOU-MO
SPIRITUAL CLEANSING
It seems God allows
Dark forces to oppose us
So they can be used
As rubbing stones to polish,
Cleanse our spirits, our bodies.
Let us purify
Let us purify,
Cleanse our spirits, minds and hearts,
So we may be used
As God's instruments to help
Purify, cleanse the world's clouds.
MITAMA MIGAKl
TARE MO KAMO TOTOBU KONGO-SEKI TOTEMO
MIGAKA-ZARI-SEBA KAWARA NARU-RAN
SPIRITUAL CLEANSING
Even diamonds,
Which are so highly treasured,
Would always be dull
Like pebbles, without luster,
KAMI NO SHIMOBE
JOHREI NO AI NO TORITSUGI YOKO TO SHITE
SHINRI NO OSHIE TATE TO SHI YUKANA
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GOD'S INSTRUMENTS
Let's do our parts well
In both aspects of God's Work,
Whatever problems
We may meet, let's endure them
With patience, and serve
God in every way we can.
Then we're truly His servers.
KAMI NO SHIMOBE
AI O TOKI JIHI SATOSU-TOTE OKONAI NO
TOMONAWA-ZAREBA HAMA NO MATSUKAZE
GOD'S INSTRUMENTS
Though we speak of love,
KAMI NO SHIMOBE
TADA KAMI NO O-MIKOKORO NI KANAE-KASHI
HITO NO ME-KUCHI NI KOKORO HIKAREZU
GOD'S INSTRUMENTS
Let's live according
To God's Will, not being swayed
By others' judgments,
And not wavering because
Of others' criticisms.
Let us joyously
Help to establish on earth
A true paradise,
Taking good, rejecting bad,
And keeping free from concern.
GEIJUTSU
GEIJUTSU O TANOSHIMU KOKORO YUTAKA NARU
HITO KOSO TENGOKU NI SUMERU NARI-KERE
GEIJUTSU
SANKA SOMOKU KOYO NAKI NAGAME WA HITO NO ME O
TANOSHIMASE-MASU KAMI NO GEIJUTSU
GEIJUTSU O TANOSHIMI NAGARA MI MO TAMA MO
KIYOME RARURU-ZO KAMI NO MI-MEGUMl
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Because of my aim,
Which is to help everyone
Live in paradise,
I must first build, must attain
My own paradise on earth.
As we see, enjoy
The loveliness of all arts,
That we are lifted
Cleansed in spirit, mind, body,
Is one of God's great blessings.
SEISHI ICHINYO
IKI KAWARI SHINI KAWARI TSUTSU TOKOSHIE NO
SAKAE NI ITARU HITO NO TAMA KAMO
SEISHI ICHINYO
TOKOSHIE NI HITO NO INOCHI WA ARUMONO TO
NYUSHIN-SHIKl-KA
CHIJO-TENGOKU YO NI TATSU MADE NO ITO FUKAKI
SHIGUMI NI ARI-NU NAGAKI REKISHI WA
How grateful I am
God has granted me new life!
From this moment on,
I will do my best to give
Service to God's holy Cause.
GO-SHINTAI HOSAI-KA
MIROKU-SHIN ITSUKI MATSURI-TE KASHIKOKU MO
WAGA IYE-NUCHI WA AKARUMI NI KERI
Now I am bowing
ln front of my home altar.
I know it's indeed
KEKKON-KA
KYO YORI WA CHIKARA O AWASE MUTSUMAJI-KU
YO NO TAME MICHI NO TAME NI TSUKU-SAN
WEDDING CEREMONY
From today forward,
Oh God, we two will live, work,
In love, harmony,
Giving service unto Thee
And to our fellow beings.
In all we do now,
We will have full trust in Thee.
Leaving everything
In Thy Hands, we'll spend our lives
ln happiness and in peace.
KYUREI-KA
SOSAl
OSHIMARE-TSU KONOYO SARI-NISHI NARE NARIKI
HAYA TENGOKU NO MON NI IRU-RAN
KYUREl-KA
SHINREI MAI-TOKASAl:GOJUNICHl-GOSHISAI
KAKURI-YO NO KAMI NI INORl-TE TENGOKU NO
HITO TO NARE-KASHI KOKORO NOKOSAZU
Full deliverance
From all bondage, which cannot
Be attained on earth,
Is made possible for you
In the spiritual realm.
KYUREI-KA
NEN-SAI-IREI-SAl
UTSUSOMI NO SUKUI WA KAGIRI ARU MONO ZO
TAMA NO SUKUI WA JIYU MUGE NARU