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On the afternoon of February 26, Tenri University’s Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion held the sixth Mission Forum with the support of Tenrikyo Overseas Department. The forum provides opportunities to reflect on the history of the overseas mission and to think about how Tenrikyo should conduct its activities…
On February 26, Tenrikyo Church Headquarters conducted its Monthly Service in the Main Sanctuary with the Shinbashira presiding. On the Service day, many followers returned to Jiba in the drizzling rain. After expressing appreciation for the parental love with which God guides all humankind to the Joyous Life, the Shinbashira,…
Tenri High School’s Day Course Tenri High School’s day course conducted its graduation ceremony in the presence of the Shinbashira on the morning of February 22 in the school’s multipurpose gymnasium. The ceremony honoring the 419 graduates (235 boys, 184 girls) was attended by their parents, teachers, and underclassmen. Principal…
On January 17, the Tenri Gagaku Music Society of New York (led by Mrs. Louise Sasaki) performed in a concert at the American Museum of Natural History. The society was founded in 1977 and comprises Tenrikyo followers living in the area and students learning gagaku (Japanese court music) at Columbia…
On January 27, the Boys and Girls Association leaders’ first meeting of the year was held in the Home of the Parent, drawing 1,766 participants, including heads of directly supervised church corps and diocese corps as well as members of the nurturing committees of those corps. The meeting commenced with…
On January 26, 2010, the Shinbashira led the congregation in the Spring Grand Service—which commemorates the lunar calendar date of January 26, 1887, the day when Oyasama withdrew from physical life—at the Main Sanctuary of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters. The weather forecast for the day was cloudy. The skies above the…