1894—Meiji 27

明治二十七年一月十一日 夜十一時二十分

いかなる日が出て来ても、めん／＼世界集まる所、親里と言う
／＼。

明治二十七年一月二十二日 午後十二時三十分

何時どういう風が吹くとも、雨が降るとも分からん。どれだけの
道を通るにも、雨風の道は通り難くい。

明治二十七年二月十四日 夜

成程の理は八方と言う。

明治二十七年三月五日 夜十二時

ずつない事はふし、ふしから芽を吹く。やれふしや／＼、楽しみや
と、大き心を持ってくれ。······
さあ／＼皆んなそれ／＼伝える処は一つの理、同じ理に諭しあ
りたと、互い／＼話し合うて、いつ／＼一つの理の話とも言う。

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January 11, 1894, 11:20 P.M.*

Whatever kind of day comes to pass, remember that this is the

place where the world’s people take it upon themselves to assem-
ble. It is the Home of the Parent, I tell you.1

January 22, 1894, 12:30 at night*

There is no telling what kind of wind will blow, what kind of

rain will fall, or when these will occur. Whatever path you may
be on, rain and wind can present difficulty for you.2

February 14, 1894, night*

The truth that convinces others will spread in all directions.3

March 5, 1894, 12:00 midnight*

What is painful is a knot, yet buds sprout from knots. Have a spa-
cious mind that allows you to accept your pain as a knot and a
source of delight.4. . .
Sah, sah, all directions I give are one in truth. You were all
given the same truth. Discuss it among yourselves. The one truth
is eternal.5

1
Previously unpublished translation.
2
Tenrikyo Online, TT 4.22 “Fire, Water, and Wind”; TENRIKYO, October 2003, p. 3.
3
Tenrikyo Online, TT 5.24 “A Convincing Person.”
4
The preceding part of this passage is cited in Tenrikyo Online, TT 5.38 “Buds
Sprout from Knots.”
5
This paragraph is cited with minor variation in Tenri-O-no-Mikoto, p. 35; Intro-

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明治二十七年三月十八日 午後四時半
蝶や花のようと言うて育てる中、蝶や花と言うも息一筋が蝶や
花である。これより一つの理は無い程に。

明治二十七年五月二十八日

いつ／＼まで渡る、続く理、この身置こう。安心。悔やむ理は更に
無い程に。尽した理はこれである程に。

明治二十七年五月三十一日

いんねんという理を聞き分け。しようと思うて成るやない。しよう
まいと思うても成って来るのが、いんねんの理と言う。

明治二十七年六月二十九日 朝

皆々談じ合うてすれば、どんな事でも出来て来る。

duction, p. 275.

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March 18, 1894, 4:30 P.M.*

You may bring up your children with the utmost care and affec-
tion. No matter how much care and affection you might lavish
upon them, however, they could not even be alive were it not for
breath. The providence of breath alone is the one truth.6

May 28, 1894*

Truth will continue; it will endure for all time. This body is to be
let go. Set your mind at ease. There is no need to be sad. The
truth of his service will always endure.7

May 31, 1894*

Listen and understand this truth called causality. Even if you try
to cause something to happen, it may not happen. Even if you try
not to let something happen, it may happen. Such is the truth of
causality, I say.8

June 29, 1894, morning*

If you would all discuss things with one another, you could ac-
complish anything at all.9
6
Questions and Answers, p. 84.
7
This passage has previously appeared with variation in Disciples, “Kisaburo Mae-
gawa,” p. 28.
8
TENRIKYO, May 2001, p. 3.
9
Tenrikyo Online, TT 5.40 “Discussing with One Another”; TENRIKYO, July 1990,
p. 4.

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明治二十七年七月二十八日

席と定めた事情は、心に映してある。

明治二十七年七月三十日
早く／＼それ／＼皆んな早く／＼の心に成って、何でも彼でも
治めにゃならん、治まらにゃならん。

さあ／＼早く／＼、皆々つとめと言う。治め方のつとめと言う。早
く急ぐ／＼。

明治二十七年九月二日 補遺
遂に千日という理聞き分け。千日難しい。千日経ったら、誰に気
兼ねは無き。

明治二十七年九月二十四日
成るもいんねん、成らんもいんねん。何ぼしようと思うても成らせ
ん、又、しようまいと思うても成りて来るが、これいんねん。

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July 28, 1894*

The reason I settled him as the Seki is reflected in the mind. 10

July 30, 1894*

Quickly, quickly, everybody must hurry to settle the differences,

to settle the differences.

Quickly, quickly, everyone must perform the Service, perform

the Service so as to bring about the settlement of differences—
quickly, quickly.11

September 2, 1894, supp. vol.*

You must comprehend the truth of a thousand days. A thousand

days of the path is difficult. After one thousand days, you need to
defer to no one.12

September 24, 1894*

It is causality that causes your wish to be fulfilled or unfulfilled.

Your wish, however strong it may be, will never be fulfilled if
your causality does not allow it, and, on the other hand, some
things which you have not wished at all may come to you due to
your causality.13
10
Tenrikyo Online, TT 4.48 “Reflecting”; TENRIKYO, October 2005, p. 3.
11
This entry comes from Commentary on the Mikagura-uta, p. 53.
12
Truth of Origin, p. 50.
13
This passage has previously appeared with variation in Tenrikyo Terms (1979),
p. 76.

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明治二十七年十一月十七日 夜

小さい事思てはならん。年限だん／＼重なれば、八町四方に成
る事分からん。この道誰に大儀してくれと言うたでなし、どうして
くれと頼んだでなし、誰に賛成してくれと言うたて出けやせん。皆
あたゑ無しに出けやせん。あちら眺めば兄弟、こちら眺めば兄弟。
皆心あれば皆治まりて来る。
······三年千日の辛抱、三年辛抱の道通れば、誰に遠慮気兼は
無い。

明治二十七年十二月十二日 夜二時半

暖い中に居れば暖いもの、寒い中に居れば寒いもの。この暖い
寒いの理を聞き分けず、銘々心の理を働かす処、身の障りの台
である。これから悟れ。銘々思わく思うも、めん／＼思わくを立て
るも、暖味水気があればこそ。

明治二十七年十二月十二日 夜二時半

銘々思わく思うも、めん／＼思わくを立てるも、暖味水気があれ
ばこそ。

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November 17, 1894, night †

It will not do to think of small things. You do not understand that
when the years accumulate step by step, this place will become
eight cho square.14 About this path, I have never told anyone to
do anything on a grand scale or asked anyone to do anything in
particular. Things do not get done by asking people to agree to
them. Without sincerity, nothing gets done. Looking in that di-
rection, I see brothers and sisters. Looking this way, I see bro-
thers and sisters. All will settle if you have a mind to let it settle.15
. . . If you persevere for three years, one thousand days, then
you will need to defer to no one.16

December 12, 1894, 2:30 at night*

When you are in a warm place, you feel warm. When you are in
a cold place, you feel cold. Instead of understanding this truth of
“warm and cold,” you let your own mind’s truths work—this is
the basis of the disorders of the body. From this, try to under-
stand. Only because there is warmth and moisture are you able to
think your thoughts and have your own expectations in the first
place.17, 18

December 12, 1894 [alternative trans.]*

You have expectations and make plans. Yet that is only possible

14
The preceding part of this passage has previously appeared in Anecdotes, p. 78.
15
The preceding part of this passage is cited in Sermons and Addresses (86–95), p.
243.
16
The last sentence of this passage is a previously unpublished translation.
17
TENRIKYO, December 1999, p. 4.
18
An alternative translation corresponding to the last sentence is given in the next
entry.

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because warmth and moisture exist.19

19
Previously unpublished translation. See previous note.

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