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study of Soetsu Yanagi

『心偈』23

「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 power to brace himself, to purify, to rejoice and to endure pains.

Ancient people has taboo, People Medieval has God and Buddha.

People in modern period has a genius. Beautiful arts, too.

But we shouldn't pursue a thing to pray outside.

Specifically you have to see big thing.

In small nature we will find a deep thing.

In addition to it is good that we find inviolable thing in our mind.

People who has a surprise is happy.

In fact the surprise isn't apart from our mind.

Man who has praying will have something to go inside.

Mind to pray is mind to humble ourselves.

Having this mind, happiness will dwell.

 

仏法三意

一 今ヨリ ナキニ

 It is only thing we live now.

二 茲ニゾ アルニ

 It is only thing we live here.

三 只コソ ヨキニ

Normal is the very good.