MingeiABC

study of Soetsu Yanagi

『心偈』5

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.

It is equal to reflect that lights are associate with east the sun rises.

But if you focus on the word "west," you will regarded as only the secondary meaning.

Supreme paradise isn't  the place of the secondary meaning west to east.

 

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