Today's Verse
As God is revealed and teaches the truth of all things in detail, the minds of all in the world will become spirited. (I:6-7)
Tenrikyo Associations Announce Their Guidelines and Plans for 2009
Women’s Association Tenrikyo Women’s Association held a seminar for chairwomen of directly supervised chapters and diocese chapters on January 27 and 28 with an attendance of 265 chairwomen. The participants renewed their resolve for the major juncture of the association’s 100th anniversary next year. At the seminar, it was stated…
Lecture Held in Taiwan Introducing Ikoi-no-Ie Hospital’s Whole-Person Medicine
On December 14, 2008, Dr. Takanobu Imanaka, former assistant director of Ikoi-no-Ie Hospital, gave a lecture entitled “Living, Becoming Ill, and Dying with a Sense of Well-Being” in Taipei, Taiwan. Hosted by the Asia-Pacific Cultural, Economic, and Academic Foundation in collaboration with Tenrikyo Mission Headquarters in Taiwan, the lecture drew…
Season’s Greetings from the Shinbashira
May I extend my warmest New Year’s greetings to all of you. I trust that you have been able to welcome in the New Year in bright spirits. I also want to express my sincere gratitude for the efforts you devoted to the path of single-hearted salvation during the past…
New Year’s Day Service Ushers in the 172nd Year of the Teaching
On January 1, the New Year’s Day Service marking the beginning of the 172nd year of Tenrikyo was solemnly performed at Tenrikyo Church Headquarters with the Shinbashira presiding as chief officiant. In the pre-dawn hours, when the temperature was hovering around freezing point, followers arrived in Jiba one after another…
Annual Sechi Festival Held at the Home of the Parent
The annual Sechi Festival was held at Jiba in a lively atmosphere from January 5 to 7, drawing some 77,000 people including many pilgrimage groups from all over Japan. Each day during the three-day event, the entrance gates were opened at 10:00 A.M. Those who had been waiting in line…
New York Center Commemorates Completion of New Sanctuary and Installation of Fifth Minister
Tenrikyo Mission New York Center in Flushing, New York, held the monthly service in commemoration of the completion of its new sanctuary and the installation of the fifth minister, Rev. Toshihiko Okui, on December 7, 2008. Special guests present at the service included Rev. Yoichiro Miyamori, head of the Overseas…