Tenrikyo Spirituality: Tenri Forum 2006
Problems and Obstacles - Modeling "The Narrow Path"
Concerning minds that wish to hear and are able to follow the reason of heaven but still find it difficult to remain settled. The knowledge of the origin is there but the settled understanding is not. Alternating as they do between clear and turbid, settled and tumbling off along self-centered lines of thought, these minds know what to do and why to do it yet still have difficulty staying settled so that the truth of origin can become understood.
| Ponder this: no matter how clear the water may be, | ||
| if you put mud into it, it will become turbid. |
Still, knowing the path to the truth of origin is better than not knowing the path to the truth of origin. Even if it is not at present understood.
| When this path is seen even a little, | ||
| all minds in the world will become spirited. |