"226. 「一心になることは、はなはだむずかしいものと思います。拝みながら、いろいろのことが思われたりして、心の内が定まりませんが、どういうものでありましょうか」と申しあげると、 「一心になる心は、子供をこしらえる時のようなぐあいに思い知れよ」と仰せられた。"
— Konko Daijin

January 1, 1970

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I asked, "Being single-hearted is very difficult. While I pray, my mind becomes filled with many things, and my heart wavers. What should I do?" "The feeling of single-heartedness is similar to when you are mating to conceive a baby," Konko Sama answered. — (I Hatoya, Koichi 4)