A12:14 The defective text of this line is restored by the help of the parallel passage in the "Chronicles."
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The Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters, 712 CE) is Japan's oldest chronicle, recording the creation myths, divine genealogies, and sacred narratives of Shinto cosmology. Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain.
- Tradition
- Shinto
- Source text
- Kojiki
- Verse / page
- KJ.2680
- Topics
- HelpfulnessReformationServiceRedemption
Same theme, different voices
Serve, love, give, purify, meditate, and realize
A devotee serves selflessly, just like a player in a game who doesn't give up despite being hit. The devotee continues to serve with increased enthusiasm, even in the face of adversity.
When love calls to you, follow it. Love's path can be difficult and demanding, but yield to it nonetheless. Love can hurt and shatter your dreams, yet believe in it anyway. Love will both uplift and challenge you, helping you grow while also pruning away what's unnecessary.
The Father also draws the Son who comes to help us with His grace, by stimulating our free will to turn away from, and hate sin, which has drawn us aside from God, and from the immutable goodness of the Godhead.