The translation conference 2020, organized as part of a project to retranslate Anecdotes of Oyasama, was held via Zoom from September 29 to October 3. The conference was originally scheduled to be held in Hawaii, but the pandemic eliminated the possibility of an in-person event. This project was launched on…
On September 28, Shizuku Nakayama, second daughter of Successor-Designate Daisuke Nakayama and his wife, Nobue, was taken to visit the Main Sanctuary for the first time. She was born about a month before—at 7:01 p.m. on August 25, 2020, at Ikoi-no-Ie Hospital, weighing 3,178 grams (7 pounds). Shizuku was embraced…
As announced in the August issue of our newsletter, the Tenrikyo newsletter will only be published in electronic form from May 2021. The newsletter, which will be published in PDF format in English, French, and Spanish, will be available for download for free at the website listed below. The same…
On October 22, Tenrikyo Church Headquarters held its annual rice-harvesting ceremony at Somanouchi Farm, which was attended by the Shinbashira and his wife, Mrs. Harue Nakayama, as well as Successor-Designate Daisuke Nakayama and his wife, Nobue. This traditional event was begun by the second Shinbashira, who sought to let people…
On October 26, the Autumn Grand Service was conducted at Tenrikyo Church Headquarters with Successor-Designate Daisuke Nakayama serving as chief officiant on behalf of the Shinbashira. The Grand Service commemorates the Teaching’s day of origin when God the Parent became openly revealed in the world in 1838 upon the arrival…
On August 27, Director-in-Chief of Administrative Affairs Zensuke Nakata gave a talk on the future course of the path at a meeting attended by resident staff members of Church Headquarters, heads of directly supervised churches, heads of dioceses, members of the Assembly, and committee members of Tenrikyo associations. The meeting…