Articles and exerpts from a variety of books, on the teachings of Tenrikyo
The Boys and Girls Association leaders’ first meeting of the year was held on January 27 at Dining Hall 2 in the Home of the Parent and was attended by heads of directly supervised chapters and diocese chapters as well as nurturing committee members from those chapters and district chapters.…
On January 25, Tenrikyo Young Men’s Association held its monthly meeting at Yoki Hall. The meeting was attended by chapter chairmen from directly supervised churches and dioceses as well as members of the steering committee. This year, the association will continue to promote the same guideline as last year, “Purifying…
The Anecdote (Summary) Kunisaburo Moroi was so saddened by the passing of his three-year-old fourth daughter, Hide, that he returned to Jiba in June 1886. “I may have been mistaken about some things, so please let me know my shortcomings,” he said to Oyasama. Oyasama gave him these words: “Sah,…
The Anecdote (Summary) Hidenobu Nakano used to serve as a mounted warrior for the Koizumi feudal clan in Yamato Province. He was proficient in jujitsu and kendo fencing. One day he returned to Jiba and was granted an audience with Oyasama. Oyasama said: “Nakano, you are known as a strong…
Tenrikyo’s view of humanity provides many important insights into how to bring a settling to this world. Let us focus on two of them. The first insight is that human beings are children created by God the Parent for the purpose of living a joyful life and that God the…
The Anecdote (Summary) In the summer of 1885 Zenzo Miyata was so moved by a talk at the Shinmei Fellowship that he became a Tenrikyo follower. Led by Seijiro Imagawa, he returned to Jiba soon thereafter and was granted an audience with Oyasama. Zenzo was then thirty-one years old and…