Dusts of the Mind

Dusts of the Mind is a common gloss of the expression “心のほこり kokoro no hokori” as well as “ほこりの心遣い hokori no kokoro-zukai” in at least one instance.^[1] Neither Japanese expression appears in Scripture.^[2]

For more, please refer to “dust.”

Frequency of “dust(s) of the mind” in non-Scriptural Tenrikyo publications

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• The Doctrine of Tenrikyo : plural 2x
• The Life of Oyasama: 0x
• Anecdotes of Oyasama: 0x
• Sermons and Addresses by the Shinbashira 1986–2006: singular 8x, plural 1x
• Tenrikyo newsletter (1997–Sept 2009): singular 41x, plural 11x

Notes

1. ↑ The Doctrine of Tenrikyo, tenth edition, p. 53.
2. ↑ Neither expression has an entry in the three-volume Osashizu sakuin (index).
3. ↑ Data in this section was gathered from Tenrikyo Corpus Search