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On April 1, the Education and Nurture Department was tentatively established under the jurisdiction of Tenrikyo Administrative Headquarters. The establishment of this new department aims to expand and improve Church Headquarters’ education support system that is intended to benefit all followers including church head ministers and young people. Especially since…
The 28th English class of Shuyoka (the three-month Spiritual Development Course) began in the Home of the Parent on April 1. This year, there are four participants: Karl Jackson from England, Junus from Indonesia, Medea Santiago Raborar from the Philippines, and Chad Makoto Hamada from Hawaii. Shuyoka offers the English…
The word “futokoro” (“bosom”) means, among others things, “the inside” of something. In Tenrikyo’s discussions of faith, this word often occurs as part of the phrase “living in God’s bosom”–a phrase that indicates the foundation of Tenrikyo’s world view, which is expressed in the Ofudesaki as follows: This universe is…
Tenri High School’s Day Course The graduation ceremony for Tenri High School’s day course was held in the school gymnasium on the morning of February 22. After presenting class representatives with diplomas for the 409 graduates (223 boys and 186 girls), Principal Shigehiko Iburi addressed them, saying: “The 21st century…
On January 24, the Day of Prayer for Peace in the World took place at Assisi, Italy, with about 250 religious leaders participating from 12 religions around the world. This meeting was called for by Pope John Paul II in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks. It was…
Human beings are endowed with the freedom to live as free and responsible beings. God the Parent created us as such and provides for us accordingly. God the Parent’s blessing of salvation thus unfolds based on our free responsibility. That is why the Ofudesaki teaches: By this salvation given in…