Kewashii michi de wa
Tsumazuka nai ga,
Tairana michi de
tsumazuku.
You don't trip on
a difficult path, but
you trip on a
level path.
– Bishop Ryokan Ara
Tendai Mission of Hawaii
Kurushii naka demo,
Mokuhyö wo motte iru
hito no Kao wa
Kagayaite iru.
Even if you are suffering;
if you have a goal,
your face will glow.
– 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
Kangaete iru dake dewa
Monogoto wa
susumanai yo
Things will not accomplished
if you only think about them.
– Bishop Ryokan Ara
Tendai Mission of Hawaii
Hito to onaji
kimono wo kitemo
Hito to onaji ni wa naranai.
Even if you wear
the same cloths,
you cannot be the same.
– 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
Iika,
Kyö ga koremade no Jinsei no
Saigo no hi da,
Iika,
Kyö wa korekara no Jinsei no
Saisho no hi da.
Look! Today is the last day
of your life.
Look! Today is the beginning
of your life.
– Bishop Ryokan Ara
Tendai Mission...
