1891—Meiji 24

明治二十四年一月七日（陰暦十一月二十七日）

ひながた生涯定め、ひながた通りして諭してくれ。 ······一手ひ
ながた道があれば一手ひながた、振り変えばひながたと言わん。
あちらこちら心のひながた出して、ひながた／＼変えて、いかな
る理も治まりあろうまい。

明治二十四年一月八日

五十年の理を聞き分け。

明治二十四年一月二十一日

難儀さそうと不自由さそうというをやは無い。なれどめん／＼に
心に事情持っては、何程どうしようと思うた処がどうもならん。

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January 7, 1891 (Nov. 27, 1890, lunar calendar)*

Settle the Divine Model for your lifetime and give instructions in
accord with the Divine Model. . . . Because the path of the Di-
vine Model is the one for all, you must follow the Divine Model.
Nothing that replaces it can be called the Divine Model. If you
invent the Divine Model from your mind here and there, making
changes in the Divine Model, surely there will be no settling of
whatever matters.1

January 8, 1891*

Listen and understand well the truth of fifty years.2

January 21, 1891*

No parents intend to make their children suffer or go through

hardships. But if your mind clings to troubles, I cannot keep you
free from hardships or troubles, much as I try.3

1
This entry is cited with minor variation in Sermons and Addresses (86–95), p. 250.
2
Tenrikyo Online, Sermons by Honbu-in, “February Monthly Service Sermon
2006 by M. Iburi.”
3
This entry is cited with minor variation in TENRIKYO, December 1999, p. 4.

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明治二十四年一月二十七日 夜九時

十分の道を付けようと思うて掛かりて、世上から何でも彼でも、
打ち潰そうと思うて居る。 ······神の道、上の道、一寸言えば同じ。
事情の道とは世上の道、神の道は胸の道。世上の道はどんな事
して居ても、目にさえ見えねば通りて行ける。なれど胸の道は、
皆身に掛かる。道に二つある、世上の道、胸の道。世上の道には、
どんな穴が有るやら知れん、又剣が有るやら知れん。神の道は、
胸三寸の道であるから、通ろうと思うても通れん。これさえ十分
説き聞かせば、どんな事も皆治まる。

明治二十四年一月二十七日 夜九時

神の道は胸の道。世上の道はどんな事して居ても、目にさえ見
えねば通りて行ける。なれど胸の道は、皆身に掛かる。

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January 27, 1891, 9:00 P.M.*

When I began, I thought to lay a complete and perfect path. But

the world thinks only of destroying it by whatever means. . . .
The path of God [Kami-no-michi] and the path of those in high
places [kami-no-michi]: these sound the same. But the world’s
path is a path of manifestations, whereas God’s path is the path
of the heart. In the world’s path, you can do whatever you want
and get away with it, so long as no one sees you do it. But in
the path of the heart, it all comes to bear on yourself. 4 In the
path, therefore, there are two choices: the world’s path and the
path of the heart. In the world’s path, you never know what
pitfalls lie ahead or where swords await you. And since God’s
path is the path of the three-inch span of the heart, your ideas
of wanting to follow this path may not be enough to get you
through it. Now that I have explained this so fully, any and
everything should settle.5

January 27, 1891 [alternative trans.]*

God’s path is the path of the heart. As for the world’s path, you
can get away with anything you do, provided that it passes unno-
ticed. On the path of the heart, however, everything comes to
bear on the self.6

4
An alternative translation corresponding to the preceding three sentences is given
in part in the next entry.
5
Sermons and Addresses (86–95), p. 214.
6
TENRIKYO, December 2000, p. 4. See note 4 above.

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明治二十四年一月二十八日 夜八時半

広い地所があっても種を蒔かねば草山や。草山は草山の値打
ち。種があればこそ、修理がある。修理がしたならこそ今日の日
や。

蒔いたる種は、神が皆受け取りて居る。受け取りた種は皆生え
る。

明治二十四年一月二十八日 夜九時

神に切る神は無い。なれど切られる心はどうもならん。仇言にも
捨言葉神は大嫌い。

明治二十四年一月二十八日 夜九時

神に切る神は無い。なれど切られる心はどうもならん。

明治二十四年一月三十日（陰暦十二月二十日）午後一時

日々の理を治めるなら、一つたんのうの理が無けりゃならん。た
んのうは改めた心の理

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January 28, 1891, 8:30 P.M.*

If you have a large piece of land but do not sow it with seeds, it
is like a weedy hillside. A weedy hillside is only as valuable as a
weedy hillside. Only if you sow the land is it worth weeding.
Only because weeding was done have things become what they
are today.7
The seeds you have sown have all been accepted by God. All
seeds accepted by God will sprout.8

January 28, 1891, 9:00 P.M.*

God never intends to disconnect. But the mind that is engaged in
disconnecting cannot be helped.9 God dislikes parting shots even
in trivial matters.10

January 28, 1891 [alternative trans.]*

God does not separate. The mind that separates itself is the prob-
lem.11

January 30, 1891 (Dec. 20, 1890, lunar calendar), 1:00 P.M.*
If you are to settle the principle of daily life, for one thing you
need the principle of joyous acceptance. Joyous acceptance is the

7
This paragraph has previously appeared in Tenrikyo Online, TT 4.65 “Weeding
and Fertilizing”; TENRIKYO, April 2007, p. 3.
8
This paragraph has previously appeared with a slight variation in TENRIKYO,
April 1997, p. 4.
9
An alternative translation corresponding to the preceding two sentences is given
in the next entry.
10
TENRIKYO, December 1999, p. 4.
11
TENRIKYO, March 1996, p. 4. See note 9 above.

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principle of the renewed mind.12

12
TENRIKYO, May 1996, p. 4.

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明治24年・1891

明治二十四年二月七日（陰暦十二月二十八日）夜二時
刻限

さあ／＼／＼刻限を以て話し掛ける。さあ／＼どういう事話し
掛けるなら、さあさあ一日の日も、よう／＼の日、さあ／＼明け
るなら一つという。さあ話し掛けたら、どういう事も万事話通り、
いかなるも皆今一時筆に書き取る処、一日の日が移る。五箇
年々々々と五箇年の日に移る。四方々々所々もいずれ／＼五
年々々、どういう事、万事何かの事話し掛けるによって、事情は一
つ、人間の心の理というは更々持たぬよう。さあ／＼五箇
年々々々、五年経ったらどういう道とも分かろまい。世界の道も分
かろまい。一年経てば一つの事情、又一年経てば一つの事情、
年に取りて六十一年、お陰／＼と待ち兼ねたる処、又一つには
改正々々という、明治の代という、国会という。知らず／＼待って
さあ楽しみの道は更にあろまい。一夜の間の事情を見よ。国会
二十三年と言うた一つの事情、又お陰／＼の事情、よう思やん
せよ。さあ／＼明ければ五年という。万事一つの事情を定め掛
け。定めるには人間の心は更々要らん。弱い心は更に持たず、気
兼ね遠慮は必ず要らん。さあ思やんしてくれ。これから先は神一
条の道。国会では治ま

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February 7, 1891 (Dec. 28, 1890, lunar calendar), 2:00 at night

Timely Talk:

Sah, sah, sah, because the time presses, I shall begin timely di-
rections. Sah, sah, what I begin to speak about is the day. Sah,
sah, that day is approaching. Sah, sah, when the year ends, the
day will come. Sah, once I begin to talk, everything will happen
as I tell you. Record everything I say. The days pass one by one.
The days will pass, five years, five years; the Fifth Anniversary.
There is anticipation of the Fifth Anniversary; the Fifth Anniver-
sary in various places, in all areas of the country. I shall tell you
My will concerning the anniversary. Whatever you do concern-
ing the anniversaries, keep in mind one thing: never center your
thoughts on human thinking. Sah, sah, in five years, in five years,
you cannot imagine how this path will change, nor how the
world will change. A year passes, one thing is overcome. An-
other year passes, another thing is overcome. Thus has the path
and the world changed. People wait for the pilgrimage of grati-
tude to the Ise Shrine. Sixty-one years have passed since the last
pilgrimage. The era has changed, changed. It is now the Meiji
Era. The Diet has been formed. The years have passed and you
have waited. The path of human promise still does not come. An
era has changed overnight, and the Diet took twenty-three years
to be formed. And the pilgrimage of gratitude lies before you.
You must ponder deeply over the events. Sah, sah, with the close
of the year will come the Fifth Anniversary. You must make a
single-hearted resolution to meet the Fifth Anniversary. To make
such a resolution, human thoughts are entirely unnecessary.
Away with faint-heartedness, away with hesitation. Sah, I ask
you to ponder. From now on take the path of single-heartedness
with God. The Diet cannot settle the world. Only the path of sin-
gle-heartedness with God

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らん。神一条の道で治める。怖わい道があって、やれ楽しみとい
う。五年々々の事情もう経ち切ったる。一つの日柄、世上には余
程の理も運び、よう／＼の理が一寸治め掛け。治め掛けは、何
か難し道である。どういう事も難しい。年が明けたら五年、一日
の日から始める。国々国々の処、万事取り締まり、さあ／＼何か
談示々々、談示の決は、これまでよりも神のさしづ。さしづ通りの
道なら、どんな事も遠慮気兼ねするやない。さあ楽しんだ。五箇
年楽しんだ。一日の日、万事談じ、又思わく一つの事情は、又々
尋ねてくれるよう。

明治二十四年二月八日（陰暦十二月晦日）夜十時半

これまでの処、難儀苦労の道を通り来た。よう聞き分け。蒔いた
種さえ、よう／＼の事で生えんのもある。蒔かぬ種が、生えそう
な事があるか。根性の悪い話すると思うやろ。だん／＼に土台を
入れて固めてある。なれど、あちらが弛み、こちらが弛みする。四
方正面鏡やしきという理が明らかなれば、何が弛もうに。これよ
う聞き取れ。いつ／＼の理に楽しんでくれるよう。

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Only the path of single-heartedness with God will settle the world.
The path of single-heartedness with God will lead you through
even frightening events to true joy. The time for the Fifth Anniver-
sary is pressing. For the Fifth Anniversary, you have tried your
best to spread My teachings to the world, and churches have begun
to be established all over the country. Because it is yet the begin-
ning of the path which will settle the world, there are many diffi-
culties. With the new year will come the Fifth Anniversary. I shall
then begin to settle the difficulties. You must brace yourselves to
further the path throughout the country. Sah, sah, it is necessary
that you discuss, discuss the matters of management. Your deci-
sions must be based on My directions, as in the past. If you follow
My directions exactly, you need not hesitate or worry at all. Sah,
all of you have been looking forward to this event. Five years have
you waited expectantly. To prepare for the day, you must discuss.
If there is a problem, ask Me.13

February 8, 1891 (Dec. 30, 1890, lunar calendar), 10:30 P.M.*

Until now I have passed through a path of hardship and trouble.

Understand well. Even with seeds that have been sown and given
great care, some will not sprout. How can you expect sprouts
from seeds unsown?14 You might think that My words are from
spite. I laid the foundation and made it firm, step by step. But it
becomes weakened here, weakened there. This Residence is the
Residence of Mirrors with four fronts. If this truth were clear to
you, there would have been no weakening. Understand this well.
I ask you to become joyful concerning the truth which will never
change.15

13
Selections (1976), pp. 54–56.
14
An alternative translation corresponding to the preceding sentence is given in the
next entry.

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明治二十四年二月八日（陰暦十二月晦日）夜十時半

蒔かぬ種が、生えそうな事があるか。

明治二十四年二月二十日（陰暦正月十二日）

古き事情、だん／＼よう／＼の道を伝え、もうこれ五箇年という。
一つの理に移り掛け。五箇年以前身は迫り、目は見えず、耳は
聞こえず。余儀無く事情によって、五年以前の道、難しかったで
あろう。だんだん案ぜた道、よう／＼一寸の道、これからどういう
事始める。一年の後というは、一寸の理は見え掛けた。 ······皆
それ／＼存命中の心で通れば、それだけの道を見せよう。さあ
／＼しっかり筆に書き取って、皆々にも伝えくれるよう。

明治二十四年二月二十日
かんろだいを御休息所の方へ御勤に付、持って行く事の願

さあ／＼理を知らそ。かんろうだいというは、何処にも無い、一つ
のもの。所地所何処へも動かす事は出来ないで。

15
Guideposts, p. 20.

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February 8, 1891 [alternative trans.]*

When you have sown no seeds, how could you expect any
sprouts to come up?16

February 20, 1891 (Jan. 12, lunar calendar)*

An old matter, the path was conveyed step by step, and it is al-
ready the fifth year since I withdrew. I have moved into the One
Truth. Five years ago My body was nearing its time: the eyes
could not see, the ears could not hear. Because of unavoidable
circumstances, the path was surely difficult to follow five years
ago. A path of one worry after another thus opened into a slight
path. What would begin from this path? One year later, a slight
truth came into sight.17. . . If each of you has faith that I am ever-
living, the path will grow. Sah, sah, carefully write down all that
I say and share it with one and all.18

February 20, 1891

On the request to move the Kanrodai in front of the Resting House

of Oyasama in order to perform the Service there:

Sah, sah, I shall inform you of the truth. The Kanrodai is the
one thing which exists at no other place. You must not move
it to any other ground.19

16
TENRIKYO, April 1997, p. 4. See note 14 above.
17
The preceding part of this passage is cited in Sermons and Addresses (86–95), p.
210.
18
The last two sentences are a previously unpublished translation.
19
Selections, p. 47. See also Questions and Answers, p. 50.

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明治24年・1891

同時、御勤だけは宜しう御座りますか伺

さあ／＼学び／＼。

同時、今夜一時に御勤致しても宜しう御座りますか願

さあ／＼夜深の事情は何も要らん。そこはまわりさえ出来たらす
るがよい。

明治二十四年三月二十二日

これ夫婦いんねん見て暮らす、見て通るいんねん、よう聞き取れ
／＼。

明治二十四年三月二十三日

いかなるも皆、育てば育つ、育てにゃ育たん。

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A request followed for permission to perform the Service in front

of the Resting House.

Sah, sah, practice, practice.20

A further request followed directly as to whether the Service

should be performed that night at one o’clock:

Sah, sah, activities far into the night are not needed. Perform
when the preparations are made.21

March 22, 1891*

Husbands and wives are brought face to face with their causality
in their daily lives. Listen and grasp well the causality you are
shown as you go through life.22

March 23, 1891*

People will grow if you nurture them. Unless you nurture them,
they will not grow.23

20
Selections, p. 47.
21
Selections, p. 47.
22
Tenrikyo Online, TT 4.56 “Husband and Wife”; TENRIKYO, July 2006, p. 3.
23
Sermons and Addresses (96–05), p. 163. See also Tenrikyo Online, Sermons by
Honbu-in, “March Monthly Service Sermon 2006 by M. Matsuda.”

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明治24年・1891

明治二十四年三月二十八日

成らん心にたんのう、成らん日にたんのう。日々事情立つ。事情
これをたんのうと心に治め。案じるやない。

明治二十四年四月二十七日

変わらんが誠、変わった分にはどうもならん。

明治二十四年五月十日

勝手の道通りていんねんという。

俺が／＼というは、薄紙貼ってあるようなもの。先は見えて見え
ん。

明治二十四年五月二十九日

どんな暗がりの中でも、心一つで通れる。どんな明るい中でも、
心が無けりゃ通れようまい。

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March 28, 1891*

Apply joyous acceptance to the mind that feels dissatisfaction.

Apply joyous acceptance to the days when you feel dissatisfac-
tion. Things arise, day in day out. Settle the mind to accept these
joyously. Do not worry.24

April 27, 1891*

Constancy is sincerity. It will not do to change your resolve.25

May 10, 1891*

Following a path of selfishness gives rise to causality, I say.26

He who emphasizes himself places a paper screen in front of

himself: he sees and yet he does not see.27

May 29, 1891*

However dark a situation may be, you can go through it, depend-
ing solely on your state of mind. However bright it may be, you
cannot go through it if your mind lacks conviction.28

24
TENRIKYO, April 1996, p. 4, except for the last sentence, which is previously
unpublished.
25
Tenrikyo Online, TT 5.23 “Constancy Is Sincerity.”
26
TENRIKYO, May 2001, p. 3.
27
Commentary on the Mikagura-uta, p. 16.
28
Sermons and Addresses (96–05), p. 210.

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明治24年・1891

明治二十四年六月三日

案じんという事情治めにゃならん。陽気の処、事情以て日々とい
う。

明治二十四年六月四日

······前生いんねんのさんげ。案じる事は要らん。十五才まで分
かるなら、尽す理で払う。

明治二十四年六月二十五日（陰暦五月十九日）午前八時 補遺

身上不足なるやない。いんねん一つの理が重なりてあるのやで。

明治二十四年七月二十四日 午後二時

神一条の道を忘れては、山坂ころっと落ちにゃならん。

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June 3, 1891*

You must set your mind not to worry. Where there would other-
wise be joy, you are creating worries day after day.29

June 4, 1891*

. . . repentance for the innen of a previous life. You need not

worry. If you understand the principle of the age of fifteen, I
shall sweep by virtue of dedication.30

June 25, 1891 (May 19, lunar calendar), 8:00 A.M., supp. vol.*

The body itself does not become ill, but there is an accumulation
of innen.31

July 24, 1891, 2:00 P.M.*

If you forget the path of single-heartedness with God, you will

have to tumble down steep mountain paths.32

29
Tenrikyo Online, TT 4.49 “Joy”; TENRIKYO, December 2005, p. 3.
30
Dust and Innen, p. 41.
31
Tenrikyo Terms (1979), p. 23.
32
Previously published with variation in Commentary on the Mikagura-uta, p. 91.

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明治24年・1891

明治二十四年九月九日

さあ／＼陰も日向も見えん。なれど席というて運ぶ事情は、一時
現わしてある。一時存命、······存命一つの理も同じ道理。

明治二十四年十月十二日（陰暦九月十日）

不足を言えば今度は与える事が出来難ない。

明治二十四年十月二十九日 補遺
皆神の子、救けにゃならん救からにゃならんが理。をやという理、
難儀さそう不自由さそう、隔てる理あるまい。

明治二十四年十一月一日

蔭から尽す理は十分受け取る。 ······長くは先の楽しみ、短いは
楽しみ無し。これ俄かに咲く花は、切って来て床へ挿してあるも
同じ事。これはのじの無いものである。さあ／＼これ根のある花
は遅なる。なれども年々咲く。又枝に枝が栄える。根も踏ん張る。
こゝの道理をよう思やんしてみよ。

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September 9, 1891*
Sah, sah, I cast no shadow. But the work done through the Seki is
a manifestation of the truth of the everliving Oyasama. . . . [That
I work through the Seki] points to the truth of the everliving Oy-
asama.33

October 12, 1891 (Sept. 10, lunar calendar)*

Complaining about the gifts you receive makes it ever so diffi-
cult to give you yet another gift.34

October 29, 1891, supp. vol.*

You are all God’s children. Nothing short of saving you would
satisfy Me; nothing short of seeing you saved would do. That is
the truth. Parents do not intend to be partial or to make their chil-
dren suffer or go through hardships.35

November 1, 1891*
Your devotion in the shadows has been fully accepted. . . . Long
years of devotion will lead to future happiness. A brief devotion
will not. The same as a quickly blooming flower, cut and placed
in a vase; it is not a path. Sah, sah, a deeply rooted flower is long
in coming, but will bloom for years and years. Branches will
sprout from branches. The root will remain strong. Ponder over
this truth.36

33
Previously unpublished translation.
34
Tenrikyo Online, TT 5.35 “A Dissatisfied Mind vs. The Truth of Satisfaction.”
35
TENRIKYO, March 1996, p. 4.
36
This entry is cited with minor variation in Disciples, “Ihachiro Yamada,” p. 104.

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明治24年・1891

明治二十四年十一月一日（陰暦九月三十日）

この世始め掛けたるも同じ事。道具を寄せた。月日道具並大抵
で寄せられたものでない。一時事情道具というは、いろ／＼道
具もある。

明治二十四年十一月三日 午後六時

定めるも定めんも定めてから治まる。治めてから定まるやない。
定めてから治まる。······定めて掛かって神一条の道という。

明治二十四年十一月十五日 夜一時

遠慮気兼人間の義理を病むは一のほこり

明治二十四年十一月二十一日

夫婦の中と言うてある。夫婦皆いんねんを以て夫婦という。

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November 1, 1891 (Sept. 30, lunar calendar)*

In the same manner that I began to undertake creation, I assem-

bled instruments. It was no easy task to assemble them. Concern-
ing this matter of instruments, there are a variety of instru-
ments.37

November 3, 1891, 6:00 P.M.*

To resolve or not to resolve? Everything will settle after you re-

solve. Settling does not precede resolving. Settling follows re-
solving. . . . Resolve and get started—that is the path of single-
heartedness with God, I say.38

November 15, 1891, 1:00 at night*

Worrying yourself sick over human social obligations such as the

need for deference and restraint is a dust of mind.39

November 21, 1891*

I have already commented on the relationship between husbands

and wives. They all become husbands and wives through their
causality, I say.40, 41

37
Reference Materials for the Course for Head Minister Candidates, p. 29.
38
TENRIKYO, March 1996, p. 4.
39
Previously unpublished translation.
40
Tenrikyo Online, TT 4.56 “Husband and Wife”; TENRIKYO, July 2006, p. 3.
41
Alternative translations corresponding to the preceding sentence are given in the
next two entries.

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明治24年・1891

明治二十四年十一月二十一日

夫婦皆いんねんを以て夫婦という。

明治二十四年十一月二十一日

夫婦皆いんねんを以て夫婦という。

明治二十四年十二月十九日 夜

一つ手が繋がにゃならん。切れた事なら切れた処から火が入る、
風が入る、水が入る。怖わい恐ろしい。誠続く理があれば、どん
な中でも怖わい事は無い。······日々嬉しい一つの種は、一粒万
倍に成りて日々治まりて来る。

明治二十四年十二月三十日

たんのうは真の誠より出る。真の誠はたんのう。たんのうは直ぐ
に受け取る。

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 1891—Meiji 24

November 21, 1891 [alternative trans. A]*

All husbands and wives become couples because of innen.42

November 21, 1891 [alternative trans. B]*

Married couples became couples through their causality.43

December 19, 1891, night*

You must join hands together. If your unity crumbles, fire, wind,
and water could enter through the gap, which may lead to dread-
ful consequences. Yet, if you firmly bind yourselves together in
true sincerity, there is nothing to fear in any situation you find
yourselves in.44. . . Each seed of delight sown day after day will
multiply ten thousandfold and bring a settling each day.45

December 30, 1891*

Joyous acceptance emanates from true sincerity. True sincerity is

joyous acceptance. I accept joyous acceptance at once.46

42
Dust and Innen, p. 34. See note 41 above.
43
Tenrikyo Online, Sermons by Honbu-in, “Oyasama Birth Celebration Service
2006 by Y. Terada.” See note 41 above.
44
The preceding part of this passage has previously appeared in Tenrikyo Online,
TT 5.46 “Unity of Minds.”
45
The last sentence is cited in Yoboku Handbook, p. 81; Reference Materials for
the Course for Head Minister Candidates, p. 36.
46
Previously unpublished translation.

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