On February 27, Tenrikyo Women’s Association held a seminar for the chairwomen of directly supervised chapters and diocese chapters at Moya 38 with an attendance of 244 people. At the seminar, its new activity guidelines and plans for 2016 were announced. Association President Harue Nakayama addressed the audience, highlighting the…
Oyasama once said: “In whatever God has once said, there is no mistake, not even one in one thousand. The path shall become exactly as God has said.” Anecdotes of Oyasama, no. 120 When studying what Oyasama taught, sometimes we may find some part of it hard to understand and…
May I express my sincere appreciation to all of you for returning to Jiba in the cold weather from various parts of the world, both within the country and overseas, to attend today’s Oyasama 130th Anniversary Service. We have now duly completed the performance of the Service, and I feel…
On January 26, the Oyasama 130th Anniversary Service—commemorating the 130th year since Oyasama withdrew from physical life on the lunar calendar date of January 26, 1887—was solemnly performed in the Main Sanctuary of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters with the Shinbashira presiding as chief officiant. In preparation for the anniversary, the Tenrikyo…
Sermons and Addresses by the Shinbashira 2006–2015 was published in January this year by Tenrikyo Overseas Department. The following is an extract from the foreword, written by this department’s Translation Section: This book is a collection of all our published English translations of the Shinbashira’s sermons and addresses spanning the…
The Oyasama 130th Anniversary Overseas Followers Gathering—sponsored by the Overseas Department—was held at South Left Wing 3 of the Oyasato-yakata building-complex on January 24 under the theme “Let Us Keep Our Minds Connected with Oyasama,” drawing some 500 followers from overseas. The gathering was designed to provide overseas followers with…