Today's Verse
According to your mind of sincerity, I deny My protection to no one, whoever you may be. (IV:94-95)
Spring Grand Service 2023: Followers Set Out to Make Decisive Efforts at the Start of the “Three Years, One Thousand Days” Season toward Oyasama’s Anniversary
On January 26, the Spring 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 day when Oyasama withdrew from physical life—namely, the lunar calendar date of January 26, 1887. In the Service prayer,…
Tenrikyo’s Way of Thinking and Living: Various Concepts of Parent
From the word “parent,” people in general only think of their immediate parents who bore and raised them. In Tenrikyo, however, this word is interpreted in a broader sense. Most importantly, the word signifies “God of Origin, God in Truth” who created human beings and continues to work in our…
The Sechi Festival Celebrated for the First Time in Three Years
Tenrikyo Church Headquarters held its traditional new year event, the “Sechi Festival,” from January 5 to 7 at the Home of the Parent. Followers and visitors came to Jiba and enjoyed a bowl of zoni—a hot, clear broth with greens and charcoal-grilled mochi rice cakes that had been offered to…
2023 New Year’s Day Service
On January 1, the New Year’s Day Service for the 186th year of the Teaching (2023) 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…
Season’s Greetings from the Shinbashira
Happy New Year! I would like to express my deepest appreciation to all of you for the sincerity you brought to the work of the path last year despite the ongoing difficulties. As we have entered the new year, the first year of the “three years, one thousand days” period…
December 2022 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 the Service prayer, Rev. Nakayama first looked back on how the intention to observe the 140th Anniversary of Oyasama…