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Today's Verse
When understanding comes to all of you, Tsukihi will assuredly save you. (XI:14-15)
Annual Sechi Festival Held at the Home of the Parent
The annual Sechi Festival, which adds to the New Year’s celebration at the Home of the Parent, was held from January 5 to 7. This traditional event has been held since the days when Oyasama was physically present. This year, 100,202 people returned to Jiba to enjoy the occasion. The…
December Monthly Service Performed
The last Monthly Service for the 164th year of Tenrikyo was conducted solemnly on December 26 with the Shinbashira presiding, as frigid weather enveloped those attending the Service at the Home of the Parent. In the prayer, the Shinbashira expressed his gratitude for the unchanging blessings of God the Parent.…
Tenrikyo Terminology—Excerpt from Tenrikyo Jiten: “The Mind Alone Is the Truth of Oneself” (Kokoro hitotsu waga-ri)
This phrase occurs in the Osashizu, The Divine Directions. It means that, for human beings, the mind alone is one’s own. With human beings: the body is a thing lent by God, a thing borrowed. The mind alone is the truth of oneself. Osashizu, June 1, 1889 The…
New Tenri Sankokan Museum Opens
The New Tenri Sankokan Museum opened its doors to the general public on November 1. Housed in the newly completed South Right Wing 1 of the Oyasato-yakata building-complex, the collection is displayed in extremely attractive settings. The Audio Guide provides visitors with interpretive information concerning some 80 exhibits, and video…
Meeting for Newly Appointed Church Head Ministers Held
On November 27 and 28, the 53rd Meeting for Newly Appointed Church Head Ministers was held in the Home of the Parent with a total of 704 participants, including 18 from four overseas countries. Attending this meeting were 448 new church head ministers—all of whom had been sanctioned between November…
November Monthly Service Performed
The Church Headquarters’ November Monthly Service was solemnly conducted on the 26th with the Shinbashira presiding. Despite the chilly autumn weather, the worship halls and precincts were filled with a great number of people, including many who had returned to Jiba in pilgrimage tours organized by directly supervised churches. The…