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Tenrikyo’s Way of Thinking and Living: Tenrikyo’s Salvation
We are taught that God the Parent created human beings and the world with the intention of seeing us live the Joyous Life and sharing in that joy. We are therefore all supposed to be able to live happily; however, we all face obstacles in our lives. In the Tenrikyo…
June 2019 Monthly Service
The June Monthly Service of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters was performed on the 26th in the Main Sanctuary. Serving as chief officiant on behalf of the Shinbashira, who is recuperating, Successor-Designate Daisuke Nakayama said in the Service prayer: “All of us Service performers as well as church head ministers and other…
May 2019 Monthly Service
The May Monthly Service of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters was performed on the 26th in the Main Sanctuary. Serving as chief officiant on behalf of the Shinbashira, who is recuperating, Successor-Designate Daisuke Nakayama said in the Service prayer: “We will endeavor to cultivate the mind of saving others so as to…
Insights into the Anecdotes: Naraito Ueda (1863–1937), Anecdote 48: “Waiting, Waiting”
The Anecdote Around two o’clock in the afternoon of November 9, 1876, Kajiro Ueda was leaving for the Tenjin Festival at Kayo. Suddenly his daughter Naraito, who was weaving, began to cry, “Iwagami-san of Furu with his great mass of hair is descending on me. I’m frightened.” Later, she…
New Pamphlets Downloadable
Three new Tenrikyo pamphlets are now available for download in various languages at the website of the Overseas Department (https://kaigai.tenrikyo.or.jp/). The pamphlet titles are “Helping one another”; “A message from Heaven, just for you!”; and “Why don’t we fill the world with the mind of doing something for others?” The…
Tenrikyo Hinokishin Day Observed
Under the slogan “Let us come together with a sense of gratitude and carry out hinokishin in unity of mind,” the annual Tenrikyo Hinokishin Day, which is the culmination of daily hinokishin activities carried out by Yoboku and followers of the path, was held on April 29 at a large…