Today's Verse
Ponder well! Never think that these preparations for universal salvation are human workings. (III:77, 79)
Tenrikyo’s Way of Thinking and Living: Jiba is the Source of Our Faith
The Tenrikyo faith is inseparable from Jiba. We are taught that Jiba is the place where humans were first conceived at the time of creation. Because of this causality, God the Parent descended there at the arrival of the promised time, settled Oyasama as the Shrine of God, and began…
Students of Tenrikyo High Schools Become New Yoboku
By receiving the truth of the Sazuke, 390 students of Tenri High School’s day course and 177 students of Tenri Kyoko Gakuen High School made a new start in their lives on January 9 and 13, respectively.
New Year’s Address by the Shinbashira (2017)
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 709 participants, including resident staff members of Church Headquarters, head ministers of directly supervised churches, superintendents of…
Mission Headquarters in America Holds the Annual Yoboku Gathering
On November 19, Yoboku Gathering was held at the Mission Headquarters in America in the presence of Director-in-Chief of Administrative Affairs Zensuke Nakata, drawing a total of 175 participants including Yoboku and followers from various parts of the U.S. mainland and Canada. The gathering has been held for the past…
This Month’s Message: Freedom of Mind
Oyasama once told a young man who was visiting Her for the first time in order to thank Her for saving him: “Go through life without erring. As long as you do not err, in the end, your happiness will exceed all bounds.” Anecdotes of Oyasama, no. 103 We are…
Season’s Greetings from the Shinbashira
May I extend my warmest Season’s Greetings to all of you. I would also like to express my sincere appreciation for the efforts you made in the past year—in which the Oyasama 130th Anniversary Service was performed—to maintain the momentum of the pre-anniversary activities and build on their results as…