Archives: New Philosophy of Life

Realization of Truth

New Philosophy of Life Written by Okada Jikan Mokichi, 1950 Needless to say, the true purpose of religion is to realise the truth. Then what is truth? It is a natural figure itself. The sun rises from the east and sets in the west. Humans must die when they are born, which is equivalent to “all livings must die and they only meet to part” in the Buddhist theory. Human beings live by breathing air and eating food. This is also the truth. I have to say such obvious things because the current state of the human world is very inconsistent. There are full of confusions, struggles, disorders and guilt […]

Superstition of Theory

New Philosophy of Life Written by Okada Jikan Mokichi, 1950 People of today, especially intellectuals, condemn and despise superstitions. That is a problem. I think that they reconsider it. Here we need to make clear why superstition occurs. When we look at present human living, our world is full of things that don’t make sense. People try to do this or that. They are sure that it will be like this or that. However, they often have unexpected results. Everyone would have such an experience. Assuming that, the way of thinking that things go as expected is wrong, isn’t it? Things don’t go by theory because the theory itself is […]

Intuition in the philosophy of Henri Bergson

New Philosophy of Life Written by Okada Jikan Mokichi, 1950 When I was young, I agreed with the idea of the late Mr Henri Bergson. He was a French philosopher and his theory was popular at that time. I still remember his theory so often. I think that it provides a great benefit for religious faith, too. Therefore, I take up his idea here. I think that his philosophy consists of three concepts; Duration, Intuitionism and self in the moment. Especially, I am impressed by the idea of Intuition very much. Let me introduce it. It is not easy for humans to grasp things correctly. It is quite difficult to […]

Five Wisdoms

New Philosophy of Life Written by Okada Jikan Mokichi, 1950 There are many types of wisdom, which are roughly divided into five types. The best wisdom is called ‘Shin-chi’ and then ‘Myo-chi’, ‘Ei-chi’, ‘Sai-chi’ and ‘Kan-chi’ in order. I call them ‘Go-chi’ or five wisdoms. Let me explain them one by one.

Truth and Non-Truth

New Philosophy of Life Written by Okada Jikan Mokichi, 1950 When talking about something, people say that it is the ‘truth from a long time ago.’ However, they don’t seem to say ‘non-truth’ or ‘false truth.’ When considering all kinds of practical matters, we should know the distinction between the truth and false truth. It makes a significant difference in the results. I always think that people misinterpret false truth as truth in many cases but they don’t just realise it.

Introduction

New Philosophy of Life Written by Okada Jikan Mokichi, 1950 I selected these writings from those published in our newspapers and magazine. I chose only interesting ones for readers as much as possible, which would be meaningful enough to feed their souls. Furthermore, I revised them to aim for perfection as much as possible. So, even those who have already read them would be impressed anew.