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Tenrikyo’s Way of Thinking and Living: Morning and Evening Services
The morning and evening services are performed every day at Jiba and regional churches. Church Headquarters sets the times of the morning and evening services based on sunrise and sunset—the times thus vary with the seasons. Regional churches set their own specific times. When coming to worship at a church,…
Insights into the Anecdotes: Chusaku Tsuji (1836–1905), Anecdote 9: “According to the Parents’ Minds”
The Anecdote Toward the middle of July 1863, when Yoshimatsu, the eldest son of Chusaku Tsuji, was four years old, his face became pale and he was in danger of death. Oryu, Chusaku’s mother, came to pray, carrying her sick grandchild on her back. Oyasama saw them and said:…
September 2017 Monthly Service
Blessed with pleasant weather at the Home of the Parent, the September Monthly Service of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters was performed on the 26th in the Main Sanctuary with the Shinbashira presiding as chief officiant. Touching upon the Seminar for Successors that has been held since late August this year, the…
This Month’s Message: Why Bother with Faith?
Oyasama once told a follower: “Virtue is more deeply planted in the second generation than in the first one, and deeper still in the third than in the second. By becoming ever deeper, it will become virtue which lasts forever.” Anecdotes of Oyasama, no. 123 To you, who have just…
Tenrikyo’s Way of Thinking and Living: The Grand Service and the Monthly Service
The Grand Service and the Monthly Service both take place in the Main Sanctuary, which comprises the Inner Sanctuary, which centers on Jiba, and four worship halls that surround it—the North, South, East, and West Worship Halls. The Service—whether it is the Grand Service or the Monthly Service—consists of two…
Successor-Designate Daisuke Nakayama Marries Nobue Kamikawa
On September 1, the wedding ceremony of Successor-Designate Daisuke Nakayama, 26, and Nobue Kamikawa, 28, was duly conducted at the Foundress’ Sanctuary. Shortly after 9:30 a.m., about an hour before the wedding ceremony began, the bride and groom left the Chuch Headquarters Staff Quarters and proceeded to the Main Sanctuary…