Written by President Mr. Koyata Iwasaki, the founder of the Mitsubishi Budokai*

(The tablet of “Jyakunen Fudo” )

(The calligraphy of “Jyakunen Fudo” )
The source of “Jyakunen Fudo”:
From “Book of Changes (Yi Jing), Chapt. Xi Ci, Sect. I”, written in Western Zhou era (circa 1046 BC-771 BC) of old China


(how to read)
If someone wants to make a fortune-telling, he shall think about nothing, he shall do nothing, and shall quietly behave (Jyakunen Fudo). If he does not feel, does not get through things under the sky, and is not sincere under the sky, how he can make a good fortune-telling?

(interpretation)
In the fortune-telling, the will of heaven appears on the fortune-telling block, and so when someone would make fortune-telling, he should not think something, he should not do something, or he should not even wish to make such fortune-telling or should not wish such a thing to come out, or should not anticipate something to appear. He should be quiet and shall not move and should only wait the results to appear naturally.
To make fortune-telling which complies with things under the sky, it can only be made by such a person as must be sincere and his spirit gets through the mind of God. As he tells fortune according to what he is impressed and what appears naturally, he waits quietly without move, and he should totally extinguish himself so that his mind should connect with the mind of God.

The tablet of “Shi-Mu-Jya”

(The calligraphy of “Shi-Mu-Jya”)
The source of “Shi-Mu-Jya”:
From “The Analects of Confucius, Chapt. Wei Zheng, Sect. 2”, written in Spring and Warring States era (circa 772 BC – 221 BC) of old China

(how to read)
The master said, “In the Book of Poetry there are three hundred poems, but the meaning of them all may be embraced in one sentence – The mind has no evil thoughts (Shi-Mu-Jya).”

(interpretation)
Mind should be honest and should not be vicious at all.

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