The December Monthly Service of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters was performed on the 26th in the Main Sanctuary, with Successor-Designate Daisuke Nakayama serving as chief officiant on behalf of the Shinbashira. In the Service prayer, Rev. Nakayama first looked back on how the intention to observe the 140th Anniversary of Oyasama…
The Anecdote (Summary) When Shobei Masuno’s wife, Ito, visited her childhood friend Cho, daughter of Yazaemon Koyama of Sannomiya in Kobe in February 1884, Cho said to her, “Tenri-O-no-Mikoto is truly the all-powerful God of wonders.” Ito had been suffering for three years from an eye disease. Several famous doctors…
On November 27, the 30th Tenrikyo Young Women’s Convention, organized by Tenrikyo Women’s Association Headquarters, was held in the Inner Courtyard of Church Headquarters and was attended by about 9,500 participants from Japan and overseas. This event was designed to provide an opportunity for the “young foundation of the path,”…
On November 10, Church Headquarters began the “Visits by Church Headquarters Officials,” planned to take place at directly supervised churches and Church Headquarters’ overseas facilities in response to the announcement of the Shinbashira’s Instruction Four, which provides guiding principles for the activities leading up to the 140th Anniversary of Oyasama.…
The November Monthly Service of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters was performed on the 26th in the Main Sanctuary, with Successor-Designate Daisuke Nakayama serving as chief officiant on behalf of the Shinbashira. In the Service prayer, Rev. Nakayama first expressed gratitude to God the Parent for guiding us toward a world filled…
The 2022 English translation conference, organized as part of the project to retranslate Anecdotes of Oyasama, was held at the Mission Headquarters of Hawaii from October 31 to November 4. This project was launched on the initiative of the translation committees of the America and Canada Diocese and the Hawaii…