Japanese religious leader (1814-1883)
Konkō Daijin (金光大神; also known as Kawate Bunjirō 川手文治郎, 1814–1883) was a Japanese religious leader who founded the Konkōkyō (金光教) religion in 1859. Konkōkyō, which was officially classified as a Shinto Sect in 1885, is currently headquartered in Konko Town, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.
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There is no particular way to worship Kami. Just be sincere, conscientious, honest, and sincerely single-hearted.
Give thanks for being able to live from day to day and apologize for the irreverence, carelessness, and arrogance that you commit unknowingly. Then with sincerity, tell any personal requests that you may have to Kami.
A person told Konko Sama, "I am distressed by the frogs that come into my rice nursery to lay their eggs."
Konko Sama imparted, "Other people try to keep frogs out, but I don't. Let the frogs hop around the pathways of your paddy. If you keep them out of your paddy, they will enter other people's paddies."
There are those who speak ill of others. They slander the Shinto and Buddhist religions. Imagine having children of which one became a Buddhist monk, one a Christian reverend, one a Shinto priest, another a government official, one a craftsman, and another a merchant. If someone slandered one of your children, would you, as a parent, feel happy?
When slandering others, you do not reflect Kami's heart. Buddha, Christ or any other founder of a religion are all Kami's beloved children.
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