Today's Verse
The Shinbashira’s Sermon at the Spring Grand Service
We have just concluded this year’s Spring Grand Service. Since I should like to share some of my thoughts with you, may I ask for your attention for a short while. While performing the Spring Grand Service, I somehow have a tense feeling that I do not have when performing…
Spring Grand Service Performed
On January 26, Tenrikyo Church Headquarters conducted the Spring Grand Service of the l64th year of the Teaching in its Main Sanctuary with the Shinbashira presiding. The Spring Grand Service commenced at 11:30 a.m. so that the Service would end right before two o’clock in the afternoon, the time when…
From Shiawase o yobu kokoro by Eiji Ozaki: The Truth of Arising Occurrences (5)
Accumulation of the Mind’s Dust The phrase “according to one’s state of mind” hardly means “according to one’s wishes” or “according to one’s prayers.” If the world were unfolding according to our wishes, everyone should readily be able to achieve true happiness inasmuch as we all wish for our happiness…
New Tenri Cultural Institute of New York Opened
On December 11, the opening ceremony of the new Tenri Cultural Institute of New York was held with Director-in-Chief of Administrative Affairs Masahiko Iburi and more than 400 guests and followers in attendance. The institute was originally established in the Soho district of Manhattan in 1991 for the purpose of…
December Monthly Service Performed
The final Monthly Service for the year 2000 was performed on December 26 in the Main Sanctuary of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters. The Service commenced with the Shinbashira’s prayer, in which he stated: “We designated this year as a ‘year for implementation’ and thus joined together in making a decisive effort…
New Year’s Festivities Observed
New Year’s Day Service New Year’s Day Service of Church Headquarters, ushering in the 164th year of the Teaching, was conducted in the Main Sanctuary, with the Shinbashira presiding and large numbers of followers attending in the four worship halls. It commenced at five o’clock on the relatively mild New…