Tenrikyo-Ofudesaki - Checking My Vocabulary - "Reason"
"Reason"
- A statement offered as an explanation or justification of an act or a procedure. A ground or cause; that in the reality which makes any fact
intelligible. To talk with persuasively."
In the poems "reason" can be used interchangeably with "truth". The poems of
the "Tip of the Writing Brush" strive to persuade the reader to work at
clearly identifying the vastly different points of view presented in the poems
in their own mind.