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Autumn Grand Service 2020

On October 26, the Autumn 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 Teaching’s day of origin when God the Parent became openly revealed in the world in 1838 upon the arrival…
Heading toward the Next Goal in Unity of Mind: Director-in-Chief of Administrative Affairs Zensuke Nakata Speaks about the Future Course of the Path
On August 27, Director-in-Chief of Administrative Affairs Zensuke Nakata gave a talk on the future course of the path at a meeting attended by resident staff members of Church Headquarters, heads of directly supervised churches, heads of dioceses, members of the Assembly, and committee members of Tenrikyo associations. The meeting…
Insights into the Anecdotes: Zenroku Okamoto (1849–1912) and His Wife, Shina, (1856–1912), Anecdote 86 “Great Salvation”
The Anecdote (Summary) Shina, wife of Zenroku Okamoto of Nagahara Village in Yamato Province, had seven pregnancies. However, only two children, the eldest son, Eitaro, and the youngest daughter, Kan, survived. Sometime around August 1881 a farmer named Tarobei Imada—who owned about six hectares (15 acres) of rice fields…
September 2020 Monthly Service
The September 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. As a measure to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, Church Headquarters has been urging general followers to refrain…
August 2020 Monthly Service
The August 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. As a measure to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, Church Headquarters has been urging Yoboku and other followers…
The Second Daughter Born to Successor-Designate Daisuke Nakayama and His Wife
Successor-Designate Daisuke Nakayama and his wife, Nobue, welcomed their second daughter, Shizuku Nakayama, on August 25, 2020. She was born at 7:01 p.m. at Ikoi-no-Ie Hospital, weighing 3,178 grams (7 lbs.). On August 26, the Shinbashira announced his new granddaughter’s arrival to the Service performers and the head ministers of…