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Today's Verse
I began the work because I desired to teach you marvelous salvation by all means. (XI:51-52)
Annual Sechi Festival Held at the Home of the Parent
Tenrikyo Church Headquarters conducted the Sechi Festival between January 5 and 7. For this annual New Year’s event, the rice cakes that have been offered in the Main Sanctuary for the New Year’s Day Service are cut into small pieces, which are then roasted over charcoal and served to visitors…
December Monthly Service Performed Joyously
The Shinbashira led the last Service of the year on December 26 in the Main Sanctuary of Tenrikyo headquarters. On a day that was fairly mild for the time of year, the Home of the Parent was vibrant with a large number of people who had returned to Jiba to…
Season’s Greetings from the Shinbashira
May I extend my warmest New Year’s greetings to all of you. I hope you were able to welcome in the New Year in the brightest of spirits. I want to express my appreciation for the daily efforts you made throughout the past year while serving the path in your…
Tenri University Establishes Tenri EU Studies Association (TESA)
Tenri University recently founded Tenri EU Studies Association (TESA), with Dr. Hideaki Sakamoto, professor of Russian Studies at Tenri University, as its first president. TESA’s mission is to research European and Eurasian affairs. To mark the founding of the association, a commemorative lecture was given on December 6 at the…
Tenrikyo Disaster Relief Hinokishin Corps in Taiwan Conducts Training Camp
Tenrikyo Disaster Relief Hinokishin Corps (TDRHC) in Taiwan, which is the only formally organized overseas corps, conducted a leaders’ training camp at Tenrikyo Mission Headquarters in Taiwan on November 10-11. TDRHC in Taiwan was provisionally organized immediately after a major earthquake hit Taiwan in 1999. The corps was dispatched to…
800th Session of Shuyoka Begins
December 1 marked the start of the 800th session of Shuyoka, the three-month Spiritual Development Course held in Jiba. A session has begun every month for the last 66 years since its inception in April 1941 when it was established to replace the six-month Tenri Seminary Special Course (Bekka). Anyone…