On April 8, the International Network for Mutual Help, an international aid organization based in the Overseas Department, held its annual charity bazaar on the department’s premises, drawing about 500 people. The organization collects and provides information on international aid in cooperation with the department’s overseas mission facilities and various…
In early April, Tenrikyo schools in the Home of the Parent held their respective entrance ceremonies. This year a total of 2,130 students started their new school life full of hope in the Home of the Parent. Tenri University welcomed 830 new students on April 1; Shiraume Dormitory (a dormitory…
From last August to late March this year—a period in which the Seminar for Successors took place in 25 sessions in Japan drawing a total of 21,252 participants—overseas sessions of this seminar were attended by 1,272 participants in 25 countries and regions. Three venues in Africa are scheduled to host…
Oyasama often said: “This path cannot be followed by human thinking. It is the path that is being formed by the law of nature.” Anecdotes of Oyasama, no. 17, “The Law of Nature” A long time ago, in Warring States China there was an expert cook called Pao…
Directors-in-Chief Sanctioned On March 26, Honbu-in Yoichiro Miyamori, 61, and Honbu-in Zensuke Nakata, 56, received sanction as the Director-in-Chief of Religious Affairs and the Director-in-Chief of Administrative Affairs, respectively. Rev. Miyamori is serving his first term, and Rev. Nakata his second term. Director-in-Chief Miyamori was born on July 31, 1956,…
The 44th English Class of Shuyoka (the three-month Spiritual Development Course) began in the Home of the Parent on April 1 as part of the 924th session of Shuyoka. This year, there are 19 participants from nine countries: four from the United States (three from the mainland and one…