「急ゲド 水ハ 流レジ 月ハ」 柳宗悦『心偈』 Water flow fast, the moon don't move. Water flow very fast. The moon is reflected brightly on the surface of the water. Though water flow quickly, the moon don't move in a rapid stream and leave b…

「何ヲカ拂フ 拂フガ塵 拂ハヌガ塵」 柳宗悦『心偈』 What do you dusts off? You dust off is dusts, that you don't dusts off is also dusts. Since we have a lot of dusts, we wish dust off dusts and clean up. No one don't wish it. This wiping ca…

「文アリテ 文ナキ 之ナン文」 柳宗悦『心偈』 This is the pattern that there is a pattern and there isn't a pattern. There are patterns as many as you like. If it remains something it shows a pattern, it isn't a real pattern. A pattern has a…

「文エガケ 文ナキマデニ」 柳宗悦『心偈』 Draw a pattern up to a pattern is gone. "Aya" is a pattern. A picture is also ok. In any case, you should remember a pattern that is drawn. You should drew anything is fine, but you must not to drew…

35「幸イトド ムクイ 待タネバ」 How greatly happiness it is! If you don't wait for rewards. 'Itodo' means 'very'. The most of our unhappiness has its roots in expectation of rewards. All grudge, regret, struggle and agony are founded on sel…

「持ツヤ ヒネモス ヲロガム幸ヲ」 柳宗悦『心偈』 Do you have happiness that praying something day and night? "Hinemosu" means day and night. That is everyday. "Orogamu" means pray. Man who has praying all his life is happy. It gives him a p…

「アナフシギ 御佛 吾ガヨハイ」 柳宗悦『心偈』 How wonder! Buddha is my age. "Yowai" is age. Buddha whatever you like is good, Shakamuni Buddha, miroku Bosatsu(Maitreya Bodhisattiva), Amida Buddha and Kanzeon Bosatsu(Avalokiteshvara). Also …

「沙門法蔵 捨テ身ナル」 柳宗悦『心偈』 Hozo-bosatsu was throwing hisself away. Hozo-bosatsu is a name before Amida Buddha. "Daimuryojyukyo" has a detailed knowledge of the story. The bodhisattva cherish a great desire to save the masses. A…

「佛トナ 名ナキモノノ 御名ナルニ」 柳宗悦『心偈』 Who is Buddha? It's a name of who has no name. Everyone ask who is Buddha? If we know who is Buddha, that Buddha isn't Buddha. Confined contents such and such isn't supreme Buddha. Buddha i…

「便リアリ 佛イト忙シト」 柳宗悦『心偈』 A Letter says the Buddha is so busy. Buddha is a merciful heart itself. Therefore people looks up to great compassion(maitri and karuna) of Buddha. Karuna is love. So when Buddha see a state of numb…

「聖云ヒツル 棄テヨト」 柳宗悦『心偈』 Hijiri said throwing myself away. In olden days when saint Kuya was asked the way of reciting the Name of Amida Buddha, he answered only words "If I throw it away." Not only Buddhism but all religion …

「南無阿彌陀佛 イトシヅカ」 柳宗悦『心偈』 How silent Namo Amida Buddha is. What is a lives that you devote yourself to the name of Buddha? It is that you take a rest yourself eternity. So what is called passions accepted quietness just as…

16「眞向ケヨト 云ヒ給フ」 柳宗悦『心偈』 マムケヨト イヒタマフ The Buddha said Come face to face. In Shin Buddhism People says Amida Tathagata to "omamukisama." Because Amida Tathagata stands right in front of us. Amida Buddha also says us…

15「ドコトテ 御手ノ 眞中ナル」 柳宗悦『心偈』 Wherever I am is the center of the Budha's hand. 続きより Here I said "the center" didn't mean the center between right and left or the middle of top and bottom. The center like that don't mean…

15「ドコトテ 御手ノ 眞中ナル」 柳宗悦『心偈』 Wherever I am is the center of the Buddha's hand. The hand may be the Buddha's hand, God's hand, Bodhisattva's hand. Wherever I am, Wherever I go, the place I am is the center of the Buddha's h…

14 「六字トナ 無字ナルニ」 柳宗悦『心偈』 There is no letter, six letters, Namo Amitabha Buddha. What is speaking out of six letters, Namo Amitabha Buddha? It is only to become there isn't the man who speaking out of six letters, speaking …

13「六字六字ノ捨場カナ」 柳宗悦『心偈』 Six latters, Namo Amitabha Buddha is throwing myself away. What is speaking out of Namo Amitabha Buddha? We can't say it is invocation Namu Amida Butsu invoking the blessing for something or seeking …

12「嬉シ 悲シノ 六字カナ」 柳宗悦『心偈』 It is joy and sadness, six latters,Namo Amitabha Buddha. Speaking out the name of Buddha ”six letters" is supposed to receive undeserved pleasure. Because it is expression of a merciful action to s…

31「如何ナルカ 是レ茶 陀羅尼」 柳宗悦『心偈』 What's tea? It's darani. I ask you to "What's tea?" The answer is "It's darani." What is tea is in brief that it is darani. What is darani? It's a magic word containing mantra in secret. Theref…

30「サバクヤ心 袱紗サバキツ」 柳宗悦『心偈』 The master of tea ceremony handles mind as he handle fukusa. *fukusa(silk wrapping cloth) The master of tea ceremony handles fukusa at the tea-serving manner. It's a beautiful scene for the tea …

29「點ツヤ茶ヲ 様ナキ様ニ」 柳宗悦『心偈』 Perform the tea ceremony behaving naturally. I would tell the truth on the pretext of the tea ceremony, it's not always tea. When I see the performance of the tea ceremony, it seems something exag…

「茶モ道 棄ツル道」 柳宗悦『心偈』 The art of tea ceremony is also the way of throwing himself away. If chanoyu quest truth, it arrive at the art of tea ceremony. Tea was tied up zen, tea is especially deepen as the art of tea ceremony. Te…

27「茶ノミ 茶カハ」 柳宗悦『心偈』 No, it must be basement of tea is in your usual daily life. If tea is disappeared when you go out a tea ceremony room, it's not a true tea. Tea remains in a tea ceremony room much more, tea doesn't come t…

27「茶ノミ 茶カハ」 柳宗悦『心偈』 Everything lead to tea not only tea ceremony. A Master of tea ceremony helds chaji smartly in a tea-ceremony room by using a set of tea-things. This is called chanoyu. It is exactly true, but you may mist…

26「茶ニテアレ 茶ニテナカレ」 柳宗悦『心偈』 It should be tea. It shouldn't be tea. A person who often put his hearts into the tea ceremony is to be a slave to the tea ceremony. There isn't tea like that inconvenience situation. Tea would …

柳宗悦『心偈』 25「一フクイカガ 茶モ忘レテ」 Would you like a cup of tea? You don't need to remember cha. It says only plain truth in a literal sense. This poem played a important role. Because a master of tea ceremony is often pretended t…

梅の花の美しい季節となりました。 長く更新滞るなかも見に来てくださった方々、ありがとうございます。 お正月に東京の21＿21DESIGN SIGHTにて民藝Another Kind of Art展を見ました。 柳宗悦の心偈「今見ヨイツ見ルモ」「」が出品されていました。 先週末、…