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This Month’s Message: The Residence of Origin
Once when someone who had a severe pain in her forefinger came to the Residence to ask Oyasama for help, She said to her: “This is the Residence of Origin where human beings were first created.” Anecdotes of Oyasama, no. 182 People return to Jiba—where the Residence of Origin is—for…
Annual Sechi Festival Draws 87,000
The annual Sechi Festival was held between January 5 and 7 in Jiba. Tens of thousands of people, including groups of followers and families from around the country as well as many members of the Diet, returned to the Home of the Parent for this traditional event that has been…
New Year’s Address by the Shinbashira (2013)
The Shinbashira delivered his New Year’s address at the New Year’s meeting of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters conducted in the Assembly Hall following the evening service on January 4. The meeting was attended by 683 participants, including resident staff members of Church Headquarters, head ministers of directly supervised churches, superintendents of…
New Year’s Day Service 2013
On January 1, the New Year’s Day Service marking the beginning of the 176th year of Tenrikyo was conducted in the Main Sanctuary of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters with the Shinbashira presiding as chief officiant. This year also marks the first year of the “three years, one thousand days” pre-anniversary period…
December 2012 Monthly Service
The last Monthly Service of 2012 was conducted at the Main Sanctuary of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters on December 26, with the Shinbashira presiding as chief officiant. In the Service prayer, after mentioning that Instruction Three was announced in October at the Autumn Grand Service, the Shinbashira went on to say,…
New Year’s Greetings from the Shinbashira
May I extend my warmest New Year’s greetings to all of you. I would also like to express my sincere appreciation for the efforts you devoted to the work of the path in your respective roles and positions during the past year. With the beginning of the new year, we…