“Shikin Haramitsu Daikomyo” Interpretations:

1. If we will only listen and be ready to learn from our experiences, we will find the wisdom to gain enlightenment.

2. Kami, sincerity, compassion, naturally devoting oneself to obeying nature – by continually searching for all of these a great light (daikômyô) can appear.

3. The teaching of the gods shall eternally protect those who are right in heart and body. The sound of words in our reach for enlightenment, creates the divine cosmic light.

4. Conceptually translated as, “Every experience contains the potential for the enlightenment we seek”.

5. The phrase has roots in both Japanese and Sanskrit. The SHI of the phrase translates literally as “words”. The KIN translates as “sounds”. The combination has the meaning of “an encounter” or “something that occurs to/at me”. HARAMITSU is the Japanese sound of paramita, a Sanskrit term that roughly translates as “perfection of wisdom.” DAI KO MYO translates as “great bright light” by means of which illumination “dawns on us.”

6. It’s a reminder for us to be ever mindful, to be ever aware that each one of these moments that make up our life could be that special moment. It’s like putting together one of these jigsaw puzzles. If you are so intent on the puzzle you may not even know that you put the last piece in. (by Stephen Hayes)