Great Construction

Daijo and Shojo (The Glory Excerpt)

     “Daijo” is horizontal and “Shojo” is vertical, the former means activity of water and latter that of fire. So “Daijo” endlessly spreads horizontally, and “Shojo” is narrow although deep and high. For example, Christianity is “Daijo” and so is spread all over the world, whereas Buddhism is “Shojo” and so does not spread and is isolated.
     “Daijo” is materialistic and “Shojo” is spiritual. Therefore, the civilization of western people has been developed materially through Christainity whereas Buddhistic civilization is spiritual and quietistic, that it is now gradually declining, although it once prospered. (From the “Goshinsho, Volume of Religion, p. 100)

The Glory, Number 004, page 1, February 1, 1955
translated by cynndd

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“Second paragraph of “Daijō and Shōjō” (“Daijo and Shojo”) which originally appeared in Eikō, Issue 81, page 1, December 6, 1950. This excerpt appeared as the third and fourth paragraphs, second excerpt of three, which were put together as one article that was included as an explanatory note of terms to the essay on the same page of the newspaper titled “God Is Justice” (“Kami wa Sei Nari”).