Gosho 一昨日御書 Letter about the Ｄay Before Yesterday

一昨日御書

The Day before Yesterday

Letter about the day before yesterday

文永八年九月十二日　五十歳御作

September 12, 1271. Fifty years old.

一昨日見参(けんざん)に罷入(まかりいり)候(そうろう)の条悦(よろこ)び入り候。

I was very pleased to have an opportunity to meet with you the day before yesterday.

I was very pleased to have an opportunity to meet with you the day before yesterday.

抑(そもそも)人の世に在(あ)る、誰(だれ)か後世を思わざらん、

Is there a person alive in the world today who does not wonder what his or her next existence will be like?

There are people alive in this world and there are no people who do not think of the next world among them?

仏の出世は専(もっぱ)ら衆生を救わんが為なり。

The sole reason for the Buddha’s advent in this world was to bring salvation to living beings.

The reason for the Buddha's advent in this world was to devote himself to rescuing living beings.

つづく　Continued

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