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Sechi Festival Draws 71,111 people
The Sechi Festival, an annual New Year’s event at the Home of the Parent, was held from January 5 to 7. This long-standing, traditional festival was first held when Oyasama was physically present.
The 28th Young Women’s Convention Comes to an End
During about four months starting last August, a total of 19,293 people attended the 28th Young Women’s Convention, which had been held regionally at 142 venues, including 18 venues in 16 overseas countries and regions.
Spring Grand Service 2017
On January 26, the Spring Grand Service commemorating the lunar calendar date of January 26, 1887, when Oyasama withdrew from physical life in order to hasten the spiritual growth of humankind, Her children, was performed […]
Tenrikyo’s Way of Thinking and Living: Jiba is the Source of Our Faith
The Tenrikyo faith is inseparable from Jiba. We are taught that Jiba is the place where humans were first conceived at the time of creation. Because of this causality, God the Parent descended there at the arrival of the promised time, settled Oyasama as the Shrine of God, and began…
Students of Tenrikyo High Schools Become New Yoboku
By receiving the truth of the Sazuke, 390 students of Tenri High School’s day course and 177 students of Tenri Kyoko Gakuen High School made a new start in their lives on January 9 and 13, respectively.
New Year’s Address by the Shinbashira (2017)
The Shinbashira delivered his New Year’s address at the New Year’s meeting of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters conducted in the Assembly Hall following the evening service on January 4. The meeting was attended by 709 participants, including resident staff members of Church Headquarters, head ministers of directly supervised churches, superintendents of…