Today's Verse
If you truly desire to go out into the open, calm your mind and seek the core.
You children, when the innermost heart has been truly ascertained, you shall have all My arrangements. (IV:83-85)
Spring Grand Service 2024: Followers Resolve Firmly to Strive for Single-Hearted Salvation
On January 26, the Spring 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 day when Oyasama withdrew from physical life—namely, the lunar calendar date of January 26, 1887. In the Service prayer,…
Sechi Festival Draws 49,000 people to Home of the Parent
New Year’s Address by the Shinbashira (2024)
Happy New Year, everyone. I want to express my appreciation for all the work you did last year. I would also like to ask for your continued efforts this year. At the end of last year, unusually for me, I was able to finish preparations for the New Year smoothly…
2024 New Year’s Day Service
On January 1, the New Year’s Day Service for the 187th year of Teaching was solemnly performed in the Main Sanctuary with Successor-Designate Daisuke Nakayama presiding as chief officiant. New Year’s Eve saw stormy weather across the country due to a low-pressure system and a front. In the early hours…
Season’s Greetings from the Shinbashira
Happy New Year! I would like to express my sincere appreciation to all of you for implementing the teachings with a firm resolve to achieve a new level of spiritual growth last year, the year in which we embarked on the anniversary-related activities. As the new year has begun, we…
December 2023 Monthly Service
The December Monthly Service of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters was performed on the 26th in the Main Sanctuary, with Successor-Designate Daisuke Nakayama serving as chief officiant on behalf of the Shinbashira. In the Service prayer, Rev. Nakayama said that various activities and events had begun to be conducted again this year…