Today's Verse
Though regret is so piled up within Me, I shall save all of you according to your minds.
However high My regret is piled, I shall work, holding fast to the utmost. (XV:15-17)
68,000 Assemble to Celebrate Oyasama’s 213th Birthday
In commemoration of the 213th birthday of the everliving Oyasama, the Oyasama Birth Celebration Service was conducted on April 18 in the Main Sanctuary and Foundress’ Sanctuary of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters with the Shinbashira presiding….
This Month’s Message: Measure of Heaven
“Even the things that are considered to be straight by all the people of the world are warped when they are placed against the measure of heaven.” Anecdotes of Oyasama, no. 31, “The Measure of Heaven” Someone looks out of a triangular window and declares, “The world is triangular.” Hearing…
International Network for Mutual Help Organizes Its Annual Charity Bazaar
The International Network for Mutual Help, based in the Overseas Department, hosted its 15th annual charity bazaar on April 10, drawing more than 900 people. The network uses the proceeds from the bazaar for emergency-relief work for natural disasters that take place around the world. In response to the March…
Tenrikyo Disaster Relief Hinokishin Corps Activities in the Tohoku Region (as of April 12)
On March 14, the Tenrikyo Disaster Relief Hinokishin Corps sprung into action by delivering relief supplies to Kamaishi City in Iwate Prefecture. From the 17th, Niigata Diocese’s corps began distributing water to areas in Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures where the water supply had been cut off. On the 18th, when…
The Shinbashira Visits Disaster-Stricken Dioceses
Between April 6 and 8, the Shinbashira, Zenji Nakayama, went to Iwate and Miyagi prefectures, where he visited churches and mission stations that had been affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and gave encouragement to Tenrikyo members who were participating in relief and recovery activities. At 9:00 a.m.…
CNN Blog Highlights Tenrikyo’s Postquake Relief Activities
On March 22, CNN—a U.S.-based international broadcasting company—posted on its “Belief” blog an article entitled “Japanese New Religions’ Big Role in Disaster Response.” This article—which covers relief activities conducted by Japanese New Religions in the areas stricken by the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake—sheds light on relief work carried out by…