Articles and exerpts from a variety of books, on the teachings of Tenrikyo
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…
The Anecdote (Summary) Risaburo Yamamoto of Kashiwara Village, Kawachi Province (now part of Osaka Prefecture), injured his chest in a village sumo wrestling match in the autumn of 1870 at the age of twenty-one. For the next three years he was sick in bed. His condition became steadily worse…
An early follower once heard Oyasama say: “Suppose that ninety-nine out of a hundred people are bad and that the one hundredth person is good. Is the bad stronger than the good or the good stronger than the bad? The good of one person is stronger.” “Masui Rin oboegaki” (Rin…
Tenrikyo Language Institute (TLI) held its 24th graduation ceremony on March 8th in honor of 59 graduates […]
The Anecdote Once Oyasama took a grain of unhulled rice in Her hand and showed it to Izo Iburi, saying: “The same is true with a human being. You sow a grain of sincerity, and it multiplies to two or three hundred grains in a year, ten thousand in the…
Boys and Girls Association On January 27, Tenrikyo Boys and Girls Association held its leaders’ first meeting of the year in Dining Hall 2, drawing 1,678 participants—including heads of directly supervised chapters and diocese chapters as well as members of the nurturing committees of those chapters. This year, the association…