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Today's Verse
Ponder well! Never think that these preparations for universal salvation are human workings. (III:77, 79)
Shizuku Nakayama Pays Her First Visit to the Main Sanctuary
On September 28, Shizuku Nakayama, second daughter of Successor-Designate Daisuke Nakayama and his wife, Nobue, was taken to visit the Main Sanctuary for the first time. She was born about a month before—at 7:01 p.m. on August 25, 2020, at Ikoi-no-Ie Hospital, weighing 3,178 grams (7 pounds). Shizuku was embraced…
How to Access the Electronic Version of Tenrikyo Newsletter
As announced in the August issue of our newsletter, the Tenrikyo newsletter will only be published in electronic form from May 2021. The newsletter, which will be published in PDF format in English, French, and Spanish, will be available for download for free at the website listed below. The same…
Church Headquarters’ Rice-Harvesting Ceremony Held
On October 22, Tenrikyo Church Headquarters held its annual rice-harvesting ceremony at Somanouchi Farm, which was attended by the Shinbashira and his wife, Mrs. Harue Nakayama, as well as Successor-Designate Daisuke Nakayama and his wife, Nobue. This traditional event was begun by the second Shinbashira, who sought to let people…
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…