This Month’s Message: Mind of a Three-Year-Old

Oyasama once gave Her great-grandson Sotaro Kajimoto a tangerine segment after removing the white pith, opening the segment, and turning it inside out. She placed it on Sotaro’s finger, saying: “The kite cries ‘toh, toh,’ and the crow, ‘caw, caw.’” Anecdotes of Oyasama, no. 192 This scene vividly portrays Oyasama’s…

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This Month’s Message: Buy Dearly

Oyasama once said to a follower who ran a hosiery shop: “Merchants should buy dearly and sell cheaply.” Anecdotes of Oyasama, no. 165 A fortune-teller says: “When a customer comes to me, I look steadily into his or her eyes and say in a low, quiet voice: ‘You have done…

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