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Character
July 2016
Odu Ifa (THE ETHICAL TEACHINGS OF IFA)
June 2016
Gentle character (w pl), Good Character (w rere), Calmness
April 2016
(w jj), To be born by character (w m l w b).
March 2016
One of the emphases of the Yorb is good character. Yoruba believe February 2016
that in order to have success in life, one must have good character. It January 2016
said in Ifa that all one can be or possess can be lost to someone else
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without good character.
October 2015
Good Character (w rere) September 2015
July 2015
Ogbtr said ;
June 2015
B a lowo bi a ko niw. If we have money and dont have character, May 2015
Sejaoprimeirodeseusamigosacurtirisso.
A prominent professor of sociology, Professor Akinsla Akiww,
explained in his article Alasuwada that, of all the creations, humans
are the ones who do not have Iwa. On April 12, 2008, I had the
privilege of discussing this paragraph with the professor. He said that ArabaIfaTemple
things that we desire (Ew), love (f) and our lacking (n) are the 4dedezembrode2014
three main reasons why human try to live together and form a bond. TheArabaoftheUnitedStateswill
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of living together that brought the character of living together. His stationWOLB1010AMonSaturday,
research revealed that in the beginning of existence, Iwa (character) December6,2014from12pm.
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was the one who brought all prosperities. It was found that Iwa is the
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one who brings prosperity to neighbors and relatives. It is the same
w who can chase away prosperity from a person. So therefore the
best way to go is to mold Iwa together and try to have Iwa. The Od
of s gud called alswd was used to explain how w
(character) was molded together to create the heaven and earth.
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is what makes it possible for human to live together and create Email *
family. Without Iwa, all these would have not been possible. Let us
ask ourselves, What is character? What is behavior? The answers to
these questions could take another book someone can write in the
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future. One thing that is certain is that Iwa was one of the teachings
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especially for the needy, this person, in particular, will never lack
happiness.
happiness
Ofun Rosu-
Ofun nfun ire ka. Ofun kopariwo. Eniyan bi iru won yi sowon laye. Eni
maa dasa ki o wo ise orun. Orun nile ola. Adifa fawon eniyan. Ani iku
a maa mu won o fun awon lo fun awon wo ise orun A niki won rubo
ki o ma baa si okunkun ati ibanuje lona won. Won gbo won korubo.
Ofun is giving out goodness everywhere. Ofun does not make noise
about it. People like this are difficult to find in the world. Anyone who
wants to do wonderful things should observe the ways of heaven.
Heaven is the home of honor. This was the teaching of Ifa for
humans. It was said that death would bring them to see the ways of
heaven they were asked to sacrifice, so that there would be no
darkness and grief on their way. They heard but they did not
sacrifice.
Balance
Osa Meji
Ha! Agbati o ba se aseju tite ni ite. Adifa fun Odu Nigbati Odu dele
aye. Ha! Won ni iwo, Odu. Won ni o ba soru re. Ki o si se suuru. Ki
o ma yaaju. Won ni o basora re. Ki o si se suuru. Ki o si se suuru. Ki
o ma yaaju. Odu ni eetiri? Won ni nitori agba re Yi Olodumare fun o.
Ah, an elder who commits excess will be thoroughly disgraced. This
was the teaching of Ifa for Odu when Odu arrived on the earth. Ah,
they said, O you, Odu; They said you must be careful. You Must be
patient. And you must not be shamelessly disrespectful. Odu ask
why? They said it is because of the Power which Olodumare has
given you.
Patience
Otura Wori
K a ma fi ponju iyan la obe gbigbona. Bi a ba fi ponju iyan la obe
gbigbona, Daju daju a maa jo ni lenu. Adifa fun Akinsuyi. Won ni:
odunoro de, Ati ki o ma se laironu. Won ni: ki orubo. O gbo; o rubo
Even in the adversity of famine, we must not eat hot stew hastily. For
if we eat hot stew hastily, It will surely burn our mouths. This was the
teaching of Ifa for Akinsuyi. They said: the year of prosperity is
coming, and that he should not act thoughtlessly. They said he
should sacrifice. He heard and practiced sacrifice.
Irete Wori Determination
Our determination helps us manage sudden change. This odu
contains the story of when Orunmila went to the town of the Iyami
(olota) and did not die. It speaks of the need for balance between
feminine/ masculine and protection. This odu assures victory over
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Forgiveness:
Oyeku Oturupon
Orunmila fihunjimi Ojiji fihunjimi. Bi Gbogbo ilu nii f oranji ojo.
Orunmila will forgive me. The forgiving one will forgive me. If water
kills a person, people will forgive it. Orunmila, may people forgive me
in the matter, Even as the entire town usually forgives rain.
Do no Evil
Okanran Rosu
Imo omo se ibiko sunwon. Eni tin se ibi, bi o ba bebe oran, Oran a
tan. Gbogbo aye ni nfi ori ji aimo Adifa fun osoran, kin, Me belufe
Gbogbo won ni nfi ejo re sun. Bi o babe be ora, won a ni: o tan O wa
di nijo kan.
Knowingly doing evil is not good. If a person who does evil
apologizes, the matter will be resolved. Everyone forgives those who
do wrong unknowingly. This was the teaching of Ifa for the one who
confronts matters, the courageous one, Mehelufe whose name
means I will not beg even the king. Everyone was continually
complaining about him. If he would just apologize, people would say
the matter is finished. Then, one day it happened.
The chosen status of humans is a second major tenet of Ifa. Odu says
we should do things with joy for surely humans have been divinely
chosen (yan) to bring good into the world and that this is the
fundamental mission and meaning of human life. And we are chosen
not over and against anyone, but chosen with everyone to bring good
in the world. Thus, all of us are equally chosen. In fact, the word for
human being is eniyan which literally means chosen one, and we are
divinely chosen withoutdistinction of nation, race, gender, special
religious relationship or promise. Surely this poses an ideal many
other world religions are still striving to establish as a central moral
doctrine.
Let us do things in Joy
Contention
Irosu Wori
Let us do things with joy. Those who want to go, let them go. Those
who want to stay, let them stay. Surely, humans have been chosen to
bring good into the world. The All-Knowing One. Priest of Orunmila,
interpreted the teachings of Ifa for Orunmila. He said the people of
the world would come to ask him a certain question. He said that
Orunmila should sacrifice. Orunmila heard and complied, one day all
kinds of people, good people and those who do not allow good in
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Reform/Rebirth
Ogb waat
Nj b a b t mi,
N o tnra mi t.
ew t a b k fn mi,
N gb.
Tit la t m,
N y tnra mi t.
Ogb waat
Now, if I have been made,
I should reconstruct myself.
The forbidden things which are enumerated for me,
I will comply with.
For I have been made,
And I must also remake myself.
Ogb waat
B iwj k k n sunwn.
A k k di r k gn gg.
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D fn tit-in,
m tt afitl afitl tirl.
Oldmar l n il.
Oldmar l n dj.
san n ti Oldmar.
ba y san-n fn onkluk
Gg b i w wn.
Ogb waat
Loyality
Ogb waat
Ka dij k p a k,
Ka mniti y sunkn ni.
Ka brn-brn, ka ks dnw,
Ka m nit y eni pl.
K n burbur b k m knkan pr m ni.
ugbn nit y k la m.
Df fn rnml
Ngbt fi ik t wn j.
K m nit b r olt r.
Wn nk rb.
gb; rb.
rnml n e p a k k k m o.
w r pr kn ara wn ni wn sun.
P rw ara wnni wn gba.
wn r olt r ikan wn ara r lw.
Ogb waat
Let us close our eyes and pretend to be dead,
So that we may know who will mourn for us.
Let us walk unsteadily and pre tend to stumble,
So that we might see who will express concern.
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Ogb at
Unhelpful persons are as abundant as bushes in the forest.
A good person is as rare as another eye.
To find a good person, one must travel a long way.
These were the teachings of Ifa for Orunmila
When he was going to become husband of the world,
When he was going to share the world into two equal parts with
Olodumare.
He was advised to practice sacrifice.
He heard and he practiced it.
Helpful /Caring
WR MJ S KEJ
w we k t pp,
Ti gblagb k w krgb,
I we b gb, k me k;
Gbogbo wa ni a n, t a j b ara wa,
A df fn rnml,
y t akp r p lj ld Oldmar
Oldmar w rns s rnml
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P k w s d t k fi gb akp r
Ngb t rnml d iwj Oldmar,
n, un sa ip un fn Akp
n, pn, akp ni k gb
Ngb n ni r n t w y Oldmar,
In r s dn wp, un k d j kn kankan
Ni ld b n lti j n l
m d kan k gbd d j eekn kan
Ankndj, syn
Ankndj, seun
Ngb t o k gb tnu nkej
K lo dj e
Dedication / Consistency
WR MJ
wr wor wor
A df fn algbd mgn
T ma fi irin jona
Ntor p wjuwmu
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T k s l koj m t e
Ngb ll, b algbd b ti ki irin bn
Bi w wn b ti rr
Wn a fi w bomi
Wn f n
Sgbn ngb t wn b yi,
Irin ti jn bj
K s n dra m, fn ohun t wn f r,
Algbd mgn w m kan pl j
kr sd wr
Lti l br ohun t yo e,
Iwori ni ko si ohun ti yoo e
Ju p k ma fi w bj ti nu,
Lhn gb t b par is r n al
K w l w
Algbd mgn s e b, i r s dra
Ngb t wn b p, nbo ni ti r gn r e
T irin r k fi jn m
Algbd mgn n, B s wr, t n k n du lj
K n d lnu, k e gbn sl wr wr
Gbogbo irin b ti jn tn.
B RR:
(Eku mj, ja mj, Ob, Epo, k, yb ady, rbof)
After he had finished his work in the evening, he went to take a bath.
The blacksmith of mgn listened to the advice.
Then his work began to look good.
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When people asked him where he made his medicine that enhanced
his work so, he said that if it had not been for Iwori who had asked
him to stay black in the face and mouth, and stay dirty on the chin, all
his work would have been burnt.
Humility / Respect for the Elders
WR MJ
B md b trba fn gb
Ohun gbogbo t b dw l,
m gn grg
w r s ma tut psps;
A df fn m onw pl,
T k e fojdi s y tb bb
T ay r dn jj.
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j br nkan ni b lyn ni t rb
If n k a rb, k a bor k a l di ll.
Anger Manage
yk Mj
yku. y Ik, in Yoruba literarily means to shift death. The Odu
says not to betray each other
. The lesson of this Od is not to be aggressive. One has to control
anger.
Ifa says:
k.
k is the husband in the house, usually the provider and the
protector of the whole family. Ancient Yoruba were predominantly
farmers with several acres of land to farm, so they usually have a
large family in order to work the land. Yoruba men were usually
polygamous but the teaching of If stresses that it is best to keep one
wife. It said that:
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J O G B OR KNN
Olmini jnmini,
L dffn rnml
Nj t tk ti rn kan il r re
T gbogbo Ajogn ik kn il bb l
T bb foojojm l l kl
T fi ojojm sn orun sn kusn,
Wn n k rnml r b;
Bb gb b, rb,
j ik wl, ik o le fhn
Olmini jnmini;
rn wl, rn k lee fhn
Olmini jnmini;
Ibi gbogbo wl, wn le fhn
Olmini jnmini,
Rr b l maa gbeni
Kr k t k gbnyn
K p, k jnn
If y b n n jbt ire
Ibi ire ni wn yo b ni ls brs
I. GOGB
Chapter 1
Olmini, Jnmini, (owner of forgiveness)
Divine for rnml,
The day that Ik (Death) and rn (Sickness) were in his house;
when all negativity was going to the fathers house
when Bb was having nightmares
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Olmini, Jnmini
All negativity came into rnmls house but couldnt speak
Olmini, Jnmini (owner of forgiveness)
Making sacrifice befits and saves one from evil;
Making sacrifice does not pay one
Not to long; not too far
Ifa will find one in abundance of possibilities
In a good place we will be found at the foot of bar
ly:
rnml was worried that Ik, and rn were coming to his house
to
kill him. So he went to his Awos, Olmini, Jnmini, they divined for
him and cast jogb, and rnml was told to make a sacrifice.
Sacrifice:
Eku mj (2 rats); ja mj (2 fish); Ob mj (2 Kola nuts); Orgb mj
(2
Bitter kola); Atare mj (2 Guinea peppers); Epo pupa (2 tins of palm
oil);
Egbj Ow (2000 cowries)
Explanations/Interpretation:
Olmini,jnmin is the Lord that forgives. In the Od ; If reveals that
it is very important to forgive others when they do wrong to us. If
One can lean to forgive ,the negativity of the world will forgive and
spear the one that forgives others .Even in the Bible, It states in the
Lord prayers that Forgive us as we forgive those who sin against us.
Forgiveness is also a form of sacrifice. The client that consulted Ifa
should try to forgive others ,so that his/her life will be peaceful.
Sacrifice to be made to Egngn and rnml. The Babalwo should
make the sacrifice with the clients with items of b. Client makes
the
b
In Od jogb, it is stated that when the client makes the
sacrifice, Death and Sickness, though they appear in his household,
will
not be able to affect or harm him. The Babalawo explains that it is
worth the sacrifice. One should rather make the sacrifice at all costs.
Ifa says those that make the sacrifice will be found in abundance of
prosperity. It is in abundance of prosperity that you found us at the
foot of bar (btl).
JOGB
Olt t n b ly k pgn
Sksk ib k pgbf,
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jo l tt k jr dunni;
A df fn rnml
Bni k dun akp,
Algnal parad
rnml parad
K w fn mi lj
rnml parad
K w fn mi lm
Alswd parad
rnml parad, k w fnmi n ire gbogbo;
Alswd parad
rnml parad, k w; e oun gbogbo t mo f,
Alswd parad.
Chapter 2
The truthful people that are left in the world are not even 20.
The wicked ones are up to 1,200.
One nickname of a Babalwo,
So much times has lapsed that any matter has been allowed to be
healed. (nickname of Babalwo)
Together they passed Ifa for rnml; when a matter was bothering
(akp) and not bothering Orunmila
OD KNN: J O G B S KTA
sn n sn p,
ru n, ru p,
ru n k kan bb msn ls pnpnpn,
A df fn or ni,
Or ni trn b w sde slay,
Wn n k rub,
gbb,
Yio w gbeni by o,
Or ni ki gbe n t,
A df fn y ni,
Wn n k skl b n e;
gbb, rub,
Yio wa gbeni by o;
y ni kii gbeni i t
L df fn bb ni;
Bb ni ti run k wl ay
Wn n b n ki o r,
gbbo, rb,
K w gbeni by o,
Bb ni kii gbeni i t,
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L df fn ikn ni,
Ikin ni trun b wl ay,
Wn n k rub,
gbb, rb,
gbb, rb,
gbb, Yo w gb ni, a rb by o,
Ikn ni kii gbeni i t
K p k jnn,
w b wa n jbt ire;
Ibi ire laa bani ls brs
Chapter 3
Explanation/Interpretation:
The Od advise the client to have perseverance and hope. In time
things will change for the better. If had always being the energy that
gives hope for people. Ones own head (Orni) was told to make
sacrifice from heaven. Or became the element that the other parts
of the body serve. The client should worship his/her head . Ifa says
that Ones own mother is like a small god . Therefore the client
should worship hi/her mother in order that the life of the client will
be favorable.
OD KTA WR MJ S KKNDNLGN
ni a b w de,
Ni a b l il,
ni aj b w,
Ni aj b l,
Df fn jkoko wr
Nj t t kl run b w s il ay
Wn n k skl b n e
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Wn n k ma b if,
Wn n b b ti b if t
Ni if y e gb t
gbb rb
j if tj mmi
K w mi ire,
j kk wr
If t oj m m, k wm ire,
B b tj m mi
M lw lw,
j koko wr,
If tj mmi, k o wm ire;
B o b tj m mi
A bm lm
jkoko wr, if tj mmi k o wm ire
B o b tj m mi,
A r ire gbogbo,
j koko wr,
If tj m mi, k o wm ire
j koko wr
Chapter 19
The person that one came out with, is the person that one goes back
home with;
It is the one that the dog comes with that he leaves with.
Ifa divination was cast for j kk wr,
The day jkk wr was coming from heaven into the world.
Ifa teachyes loyalty in this Odu. As the dog is loyal to its owner
people must be loyal to each other.
BR MJ S KEJE
A mo or afj lgb,
A mo s sk ln,
A mo or oly lwj
L dffn j rndnlgn od
Wn l r sb nl lfin
Wn n k wn rb,
Tara ni l t
Ti ara ni l j
Df fn j br
T l r b nl lfin
Wn n k r b,
gbb, rb,
j br gbsin dd gn
sin dd
br gbsin pupa gn,
sin pupa,
br gbsin funfun gn
in funfun
j br nkan ni b lyn ni t rb
If n k a rb, k a bor k a l di ll.
Chapter 7
One cannot differentiate the head of a blind person in a crowd of
people.
Neither can one differentiate the footpath of a crazy person on the
road.
If divination was cast for the Sixteen Ods (Il disciples of rnml)
They were told to make offerings;
Ones own matters in other words, are important.
One should take care of his own matters.
If divination was cast for j br.
br was going to make offerings at the house of lfin.
He heeded and made the offerings.
br road the black horse .
He rode the red horse.
br rode the black horse .
He rode the white horse.
j br is the only one that was left behind, making b offerings
for blessings.
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