The Shinbashira Delivers New Year’s Address

The Shinbashira, Zenji Nakayama, 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 705 participants, including resident officials of Church Headquarters, head ministers of directly supervised churches, superintendents…

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2020 New Year’s Day Service Performed

On January 1, the New Year’s Day Service for the 183rd year of the Teaching (2020) was duly performed from 5:00 a.m. in the Main Sanctuary with Successor-Designate Daisuke Nakayama as chief officiant. Many followers who had gathered at the Home of the Parent before daybreak attended the first Service…

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December 2019 Monthly Service

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 his Service prayer, Rev. Nakayama expressed gratitude to God the Parent for the parental love that guided us toward…

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Insights into the Anecdotes: Toshiro Yamamoto (1850–1928), Anecdote 62: “East from Here”

The Anecdote (Summary)   In December 1878, Togoro, father of Toshiro Yamamoto of Kasa Village in Yamato, came down with a serious eye disease. The father’s condition gradually grew more serious and became untreatable. Even incantations proved to be ineffective. Toshiro, having no other course opened to him, was in…

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November 2019 Monthly Service

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, he expressed gratitude for how God the Parent created the world and us human beings, in…

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