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study of Soetsu Yanagi

『心偈』45

「ナドテユタケシ 貧シサ ナクバ」

            柳宗悦『心偈』

 

How rich it is!  If it were not for the poverty.

 

 

Poverty is possessing nothing.

Especially we don't have desire of ourselves.

I don't talk about poverty that admire rich.

It isn't poverty but only Raga.

Here we find out that poverty is selfless belonging in nothing.

Then poverty is the very richness.

From ancient times virtue of poverty is a reason respected ib religion.

The wealth of the world  is hard to become the Buddhism with the way toapproach.

 Anyways it brings cause and poverty of hearts.

"Honorable poverty" is purity going with throwing away desire.

So ”Heart to know contentment 

Poverty shows us definite promise of happy.

These poverty is calmness.

Nothing is calmess but poverty, calmess is wealth is povety.