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Today's Verse
Your suffering at this time must be trying, but the future will bring delight to your mind. (XI:64-65)
Overseas Department Organizes Gathering for Overseas Followers
The Oyasama 130th Anniversary Overseas Followers Gathering—sponsored by the Overseas Department—was held at South Left Wing 3 of the Oyasato-yakata building-complex on January 24 under the theme “Let Us Keep Our Minds Connected with Oyasama,” drawing some 500 followers from overseas. The gathering was designed to provide overseas followers with…
Annual Sechi Festival Draws 66,000 People
The annual Sechi Festival was held from January 5 to 7 at the Home of the Parent. The festival, which dates back to the late 1860s or the early 1870s, is a long-lasting event that has continued for over a century. Many families and pilgrimage groups organized by churches from…
This Month’s Message: Experience Rather Than Information
Oyasama once said: “This path is not the way of intelligence or knowledge.” Anecdotes of Oyasama, no. 190 A young female TV reporter visits a locally renowned cake shop. As she eats a mouthful, we can tell that she is in seventh heaven. “Wow, it really is scrumptious!” she exclaims.…
December Monthly Service 2015 Performed
The last monthly service of the year 2015 was conducted at Tenrikyo Church Headquarters on December 26, with the Shinbashira presiding as chief officiant. The Home of the Parent was unusually warm and was blessed with a calm, clear winter sky. In the Service prayer, the Shinbashira mentioned that the…
Season’s Greetings from the Shinbashira
May I extend my warmest Season’s Greetings to all of you. I am truly thankful for the efforts you made during the past year in sprinkling the fragrance of the teachings and helping save others in many parts of the world. This year, we will be finally observing the 130th…
This Month’s Message: Always with You
Oyasama said in a Divine Direction: “I am still living here. I have not gone anywhere, not gone anywhere.” Osashizu, March 17, 1890 Imagine an old man who lost his fortune in a business failure long ago, was preceded in death by his entire family, and now lives alone in…