Michi no Shiori
is a religious text written by Onisaburo Deguchi, the co-founder of the Japanese religious organization Oomoto. Composed in 1904 and published in 1905, it was one of Onisaburo Deguchi's earliest written works.
Contents
was first published in May 1905 as a series of 14 volumes composed by Onisaburo Deguchi in 1904 at Ayabe. In 1925, these 14 volumes were republished as a single book. explains that the various are manifestations of the single Great Source. It also contains criticisms of the Russo-Japanese War.The current Japanese-language edition is a 1985 revision of the 1925 edition. The 1985 edition has 4 parts:
- Part 1
- Part 2
- Part 3
- Part 4
Translations
An abridged international edition of with 792 numbered paragraphs has been translated into Esperanto, and subsequently from the Esperanto edition into Brazilian Portuguese and English.- Esperanto: Diaj Vojsignoj, translated from Japanese by Shigeki Maeda
- Portuguese: Rumos Divinos, translated from Shigeki Maeda's 1997 Esperanto edition by Benedito Silva
- English: Divine Signposts, translated from Shigeki Maeda's 1997 Esperanto edition by Charles Rowe
- Part 1
- *: verses 1–80, 9 April 1904
- *: verses 81–151, 12 April 1904
- *: verses 152–222, 15 April 1904
- Part 2
- *: verses 223–303
- *: verses 304–390
- *: verses 391–421
- Part 3
- *: verses 422–477, 13 May 1904
- *: verses 478–557, 1 June 1904
- Part 4
- *: verses 558–602
- *: verses 603–646
- *: verses 647–719
- *: verses 720–792, 30 October 1904
Theology
In, there are three elements of God that pervade the universe: spirit, power, and body. Deguchi's three divine elements are derived from Honda Chikaatsu's Honda Chikaatsu#Theorems of the Great Three, which are divine body, energy, and spirit.- Spirit
- #Activity
- #Harmony
- #Love
- #Wisdom
- Power
- #Movement
- #Rest
- #Dissolution
- #Coagulation
- #Tension
- #Relaxation
- #Combination
- #Separation
- Body
- #Solidity
- #Softness
- #Fluidity