Today's Verse
2008 Graduation Ceremonies Held in Tenri
Tenri High School’s Day Course Principal Shigehiko Iburi presenting diplomas for Tenri High School Day Course graduates (Feb. 22) Tenri High School’s day course conducted its graduation ceremony on the morning of February 22 in Tenri University’s gymnasium, located directly in front of the high school. Guests at the ceremony…
Translation Conference Held
The English Translation Conference was held at the Mission Headquarters in America from March 3 to 6 under the sponsorship of the Translation Section of the Overseas Department. The purpose of this conference was to discuss and examine a translation of Ofudesaki Kogi (Lectures on the Ofudesaki)–authored by Yoshinaru Ueda–which…
Working to Purify My Own Mind
This is a translation of an article written by Mankichi Nakamura, former head minister of Fukube Branch Church, for Tenri Jiho newspaper’s column entitled “The Ofudesaki, My Companion along the Way.” What do you think this path is about? It is to cleanse the heart of everyone in the world.…
Tenrikyo Associations Announce Their Guidelines and Plans for 2008
Women’s Association Tenrikyo Women’s Association Headquarters held a seminar for chairwomen of directly supervised chapters and diocese chapters on January 27 and 28 in the Home of the Parent, drawing 258 chairwomen. This year–the second year in the “three years, one thousand days” season leading up to the association’s 100th…
Sermon at the Spring Grand Service
May I begin by expressing my sincere appreciation to all of you for the efforts you are devoting to the work of the path in the course of daily life as well as for the trouble you have taken in returning to Jiba from near and far in the cold…
Spring Grand Service Draws 75,000 People
On January 26, some 75,000 followers, including many from overseas, attended the Spring Grand Service, which, led by the Shinbashira, took place in the Main Sanctuary of Tenrikyo’s headquarters, commemorating the lunar calendar date of January 26, 1887, when Oyasama withdrew from physical life. This comes at a time when…