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Tenrikyo Associations Announce Their Guidelines and Plans for 2018
Boys and Girls Association On January 27, Tenrikyo Boys and Girls Association held its leaders’ first meeting of the year in Dining Hall 2, drawing 1,678 participants—including heads of directly supervised chapters and diocese chapters as well as members of the nurturing committees of those chapters. This year, the association…
Tenrikyo’s Official Website Renewed
Tenrikyo’s official website has recently been refreshed with a new design to improve user experience. Besides being easy to navigate, the site provides more information than […]
New Publication: Tale of Oyasama, vol. 3
Volume three of Tale of Oyasama was published on January 26, 2018, by Tenrikyo Doyusha Publishing Company, following the publication of volume one in 2016 and volume two in 2017. The third volume presents an English translation of Part Three of Gekiga Oyasama monogatari, newly revised edition (aidoku shinso ban),…
Church Headquarters’ South Gate in Process of Being Removed
After the Spring Grand Service on January 26, the dismantling of Church Headquarters’ South Gate was initiated. […]
Spring Grand Service 2018
On January 26, the Spring Grand Service commemorating the day when Oyasama withdrew from physical life—namely, the lunar calendar date of January 26, 1887—was performed in the Main Sanctuary of Church Headquarters with the Shinbashira presiding as chief officiant.
Tenrikyo’s Way of Thinking and Living: Scriptures, the Standard for Our Faith
The teachings of Tenrikyo are based on God the Parent’s revelations contained in the Ofudesaki, the Mikagura-uta, and the Osashizu, which are collectively called the “Three Scriptures.” The Ofudesaki, The Tip of the Writing Brush, was written in Oyasama’s own handwriting between 1869 and 1882. It is comprised of 1,711…