"親神の胸に抱かれ、ひたむきに信仰に進むものは、我が身にふりかかるいかなる悩みや苦しみにも、溺れてしまうことなく、むしろ素直に成つて来る理を見つめて通るから、悩みや苦しみも、かえつて喜びに転じてくる。かくて、真にたんのうの心が治れば、前生のいんねんは納消される。これを、「たんのうは前生いんねんのさんげ」と諭される。"

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Those of us who advance straight ahead on the path of faith, trusting in the heart of God the Parent, do not succumb to the pains and sufferings that befall us but, rather, because we advance with our eyes fixed directly on the truth behind all events that occur, our pains and sufferings are transformed into joy. When the mind of tanno is thus truly settled, the causality from our previous lives is cancelled. Concerning this, God the Parent taught: “Tanno is accepted as the repentance for the ca