長らくあきましたが、久しぶりに書きます。 その間、読みにきてくださっていた方、ありがとうございます。 新月の願い事、もう5年以上続いている習慣になりました。 いつもは複数書くのですが、ここ数ヶ月ごくシンプルになっていました。 そして、今回の満月…

柳宗悦『心偈』 6「開カレツルニ 叩クトハ」 ヒラカレツルニ タタクトハ What is knocking the door? In spite of the door was opend. 補足 Why knock when God's door of love is always open? (『民藝』544号、1998年4月号、内海禎子訳) Jesus said,"Knoc…

柳宗悦『心偈』 5「指スヤ 西ヲ ドコトテ 西ナル」 「サスヤ ニシヲ ドコトテ ニシナル」 Let's aim at west. There is west wherever you go. 続き It must be west that two of east and west go out of existence. There isn't west only western directi…

柳宗悦『心偈』 5「指スヤ 西ヲ ドコトテ 西ナル」 「サスヤ ニシヲ ドコトテ ニシナル」 Let's aim at west. There is west wherever you go. People admire the Western Paradise. Why is it west? They associate west with the sun sets in over there. …

「日本民藝地図屏風」 作者以外で、私よりこの作品を長時間見続けた人はいないはずと 勝手に自負しているこの屏風が、今秋から来春にかけて、高島屋の 東京、横浜、大阪、京都、名古屋の５カ所を巡回するそうです。 去年、駒場で再会しましたが、たくさんの…

旅は柳宗悦のキーワード。

4「指スヤ都 見シヤ茲ヲ」 「サスヤミヤコ ミシヤココヲ」 Let's aim at city. Why don't you see here? ”Sasu" means "aim at," it is starting on a long journey. A long time ago people would like to strike the main street leading to Chouan or ask…

柳宗悦イコール民藝運動とは違うというスタンスで考えてみたい。

柳宗悦『心偈』 「都イヅチ 問ヒノ サ中」 ミヤコイヅチ トヒノ サナカ Where is the city? in the middle of the question Where is the city that your heart pursue? It looks that the city is far away. But what is the heart that you pursue the cit…

長い空白を経て、今日は翻訳の代わりに文章を少し。 毎日の生活の衣食住において、そして、そこで使っている様々な品物ができるまでの過程において、手を使う仕事は、この100年余り間に日本でも劇的に少なくなりました。ファストフードという言葉に加え、ユ…

柳宗悦『心偈』 2「御佛イヅチ 汝レハ イヅコ」 But Where is my whereabouts investigated this? First when not thinking back to this, how much meaning is left to know a whereabouts of the Buddha? Much more when there are where the Buddha's whe…

柳宗悦『心偈』 2「御佛イヅチ 汝レハ イヅコ」 Speaking of the Buddha Everyone ask a heart who is he or where is he? It can also be said that the whereabouts is a question of eternity. やらないよりはマシと心に言い聞かせ。

柳宗悦『心偈』 2「御佛イヅチ 汝レハ イヅコ」 ミホトケイヅチ ナレハ イヅコ Where is the Buddha? Where are you? I hope you remember as follows. A man asked a priest that “where is the Buddha?” Then the priest asked back immediately “ Where a…

柳宗悦『心偈』 「今日モアリオホケナクモ」 When it's understood so, where is there the pain or the pleasure those I stick. The fact that we live is too good for us. So we should live today for gratitude. Therefor I learned the meaning for l…

柳宗悦『心偈』 「今日モアリオホケナクモ」 Someone would curse the existence of hisself. A world depends on custom of shifts and changes, such one isn't fixed as one. 昨夜upしたつもりだった2行。

柳宗悦『心偈』 「今日モアリオホケナクモ」 We will be thankful to exist here. When this is understood, it is the way to bright light even in adversity. また日付超えたけど、今日も2行。 雷ゴロゴロいっていました。

柳宗悦『心偈』 「今日モアリオホケナクモ」 If you remember this,one's life time is successions of a feeling of thankfulness. “Ohkenakumo” means “graciously” and “It's too good for me.” 今夜は2行で、日付も越えてしまいましたが。 晴天の幼稚園…

柳宗悦『心偈』 「今日モアリオホケナクモ」 We owe what we are to the power of many people. That why Buddhism preach “Living thing's kindness.” To make a living is then we are bathed our infinite favor. 3行だけど。 今日は夏の暑さでしたね。

柳宗悦『心偈』 「今日モアリオホケナクモ」 It means that “All things is not alone”. “All things” means everything, “selflessness” means there is nothing independent about oneself. Life is not only the power of the person of oneself , it con…

柳宗悦『心偈』 「今日モアリオホケナクモ」 ケフモアリオホケナクモ Today is too good for me. The doctrine ’selflessness of all things ’ in Buddhism is the one of the fundamental truth that the Buddhism shows. 長いブランクで、このままやめよう…

柳宗悦『心偈』 35「幸イトド ムクイ 待タネバ」 サチイトド ムクイ マタネバ How greatly happiness it is! If you don't wait for reward. 'Itodo' means 'very'. The most of our unhappiness has its roots in expectation of rewards. 短いけれど久々に…

長く休んでいる間に読みに来てくださった方々、 ありがとうございます。 きっかけは、家族の風邪だったはずですが、 何度か下書きまでしてもアップできずに力尽きてしまい、 多分、冬眠状態だったのだと思います。 この新月前後に、いろいろ気づけることもあ…

柳宗悦『心偈』 「捨テ身ナレ 悔イジ ヨモ」 ステミナレ クイジ ヨモ Throwing yourself away, if you regret it. 'Yomo' means 'surely it cannot be.' No matter what kind of work, if you try it with your life, you will begin to work worth of a man…

柳宗悦『心偈』 In fact there is no other life except today this time . It says 'Today's work is enough to today,' you will live the full life indeed that condenses today into the whole, the whole into today. Confucius said 'If I can listen…

柳宗悦『心偈』 33「ナ 云ヒソ 明日ト」 ナ イヒソ アスト Don't say tomorrow. It's mean don't say tomorrow. I say from the back side the different words, ' It is only thing we live now'. We should do today's work during today. There isn't yes…

But it's only provisional appearance that goes by. If 'eternal' means that has tomorrow forever, It's only change no more than always. Always should mean which is cutting wandering, and time which doesn't have before and behind. Eternal do…

柳宗悦『心偈』 32「今ヨリ ナキニ」 イマヨリ ナキニ It is only thing we live now. Time goes by yesterday to today, today to tomorrow. So it is said that 'the impermanence of worldly things,' or 'everything changes.' 先は長いですが、手始めに…

柳宗悦『心偈』 54「今日空晴レヌ」 ケフソラハレヌ It's clear up, today. Everyone would have the day he could say just this word. After long rain, everyone feel fresh when it's clear up that there is no crowd in the blue sky. Although many p…

柳宗悦『心偈』 There is the real newness within the old and moreover the new. A great person of the past called this as 'eternal now'. 'eternal now' don't have the difference between old and new. How much valuable does it have the newness …

柳宗悦『心偈』 「古シ泉ハ 新シ水ハ」 フルシイズミハ アラタシミズハ The old spring is always new water gushing out. It was a very old spring, but it wasn't old water in gushing out. Although old and new are always quarreling, new one that i…