Masaharu Taniguchi Quotes

Of course the pen in my hand writes the spiritual teachings in this book, but once I sit at my desk to write for it, I am no longer the ordinary “I.” Holy spirit comes over and inspires me. The strong words for my weak character pour out from my pen. I was surprised at my own words pouring down into the “Holy Song for the Seicho-No-Ie” which has appeared in the House Organ No. 2. When I was at Kameoka I was one day concentrating my mind to write on our teachings. Mr. Kato who had the faculty of clairvoyance was sitting beside me, and told me afterward that he saw a spiritual man quite different from myself writing at the desk. I do not know if we may believe his words. But if there is any founder of the spiritual teachings of “Seicho-No-Ie” it can not be this earthly I.

O Parent God who gives life to all living beings, fill my whole being with Your Spirit and all blessings.
My life is not my own to claim, it is the life of God, who permeates the universe.
My acts are not my own to claim. They are the acts of God, who permeates the universe.
May the Lord of Seicho-No-Ie, who has appeared to teach us the Way of God, the Parent of heaven and earth, guide us and protect us.

God is all of everything, everywhere.
I'm a child of God, His spirit within me.
When in Oneness I pray, Heaven and Earth respond.
When in Oneness I move, the Universe moves.