Jirinden（60）If you want to become more fortunate, hope to have meaningful connections in this world.
「Un no tsuyokaran koto wo hosse ba mazu sejou en no aran koto wo hosse yo」(Heishū Jirinden, Vol.III ,Manji no kan)
・If you wish to become more fortunate, first wish to have meaningful connections in this world.
Good and evil exists in one’s human nature (賦様 fuzama). This refers to how one makes use of their natural-born talents. Indeed, there are differences in luck, and even if a person possesses both integrity and truthfulness, they may not be able to fully make use of their talents due to the circumstances of their innate destiny. As a result, they remain buried and live out their lives unnoticed. This happens because there is no one above to love them, nor anyone below to respect them. Without being trusted or looked up to, they end up unable to make the most of the abilities they were born with. Therefore, if you wish to have stronger luck, first, wish to form meaningful connections in this world. In this world, if we are all bound by ties like those of siblings, who would need to compete over who has the better fortune?
When everyone around you—above, below, left, and right—becomes your protection, you can maintain your position broadly and for a long time, no matter the country or era, and whatever you set out to do will be easily accomplished. All masters have one thing in common: they pursue a single way of thinking with unwavering dedication.
(Presented by Yuji Wada, Costantino Brandozzi, Constantin Von Richter, Keith Tang)
