Yoi koto mo,
warui koto mo
Jōzu ni tsukiatte ikunda ne
Nido to nai
jinsei da mono.
Good or bad,
do your best in life;
you may not have
a second chance.
– Bishop Ryokan Ara
Tendai Mission of Hawaii
Un ni yotte ikikata ga
Kawaru no dewa nai.
Ikikata ni yotte un ga
Kawaru no desu.
Fortune does not
change your life,
but fortune is changed
by how you live.
– Bishop Ryokan Ara
Tendai Mission of Hawaii
Heta dakaratte
Akirameru na
Soredake tanoshimi ga
Ooi to iu koto da
Don’t give up
even if you are unskilled.
all the more you can look
forward in becoming skilled.
– Bishop Ryokan Ara
Tendai Mission of Hawaii
Ibaranai, jiman shinai,
kechiranai,
waruguchi wo iwanai.
Sou sureba tsuite kimasu.
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Don’t be proud, don’t brag.
Don’t be stingy, don’t gossip.
Then people will
naturally follow you.
– Bishop Ryokan Ara
Tendai Mission of Hawaii
Mawari wo shiawase ni
shinakereba,
Jibun mo shiawase ni
narenai yo.
Unless one spread the happiness around one,
one cannnot beocme happy.
– Bishop Ryokan Ara
Tendai Mission of Hawaii
Yurusu haha,
Yurusanai chichi,
Sono naka de
Ko wa massugu sodatsu.
A forgiving mother,
a strict father,
between them
a child is nurtured.
– Bishop Ryokan Ara
Tendai Mission of Hawaii
Ato no hito ga saki ni naru,
Saki no hito ga ato ni naru,
Dakara jinsei wa omoshiroi.
Life is interesting because
the last person
come in first,
and the first person
came in last.
– Bishop Ryokan Ara
Tendai Mission of Hawaii
Jibun wo mitomete kureru hito ga
Hitori demo itara
Sono hito no tame nimo
Ganbatte ikundane
If only one person
approves you,
You will try your best
for that person.
– Bishop Ryokan Ara
Tendai Mission of Hawaii
