Today's Verse
If this origin is known in detail, there should be no cause for illness. (III:92-93)
Autumn Grand Service Sermon by Director-in-Chief of Religious Affairs Yoichiro Miyamori
We have just completed performing the Autumn Grand Service for 2019 (Tenrikyo 182) with so many of you who have returned here for this occasion. I want to thank you all very much. First of all, I would like to express my sincere sympathies to those who were affected by…
The 29th Young Women’s Convention Held in Jiba
On November 3, the 29th Young Women’s Convention, organized by Tenrikyo Women’s Association Headquarters, was held in the Inner Courtyard of Church Headquarters under the theme “Spread the joy of faith: Let’s invite our friends and return to Jiba!” Over 11,000 young women attended the convention, including many from overseas,…
Young Men’s Association Holds 95th Convention
On October 27, the 95th Young Men’s Association Convention was held in the Inner Courtyard of Church Headquarters with roughly 16,000 participants including association members from overseas. When the registration desks opened at 8:30 a.m., groups of association members began to assemble in the Inner Courtyard one after another, led…
Insights into the Anecdotes: Narazo Yaoi (1869–1929), Anecdote 57: “A Boy Should Be Accompanied by His Father”
The Anecdote In the summer of 1877, nine-year-old Narazo Yaoi of Izushichijo Village, Yamato Province, was playing with two or three neighborhood children in the Saho River, which flowed on the west side of the village. Somehow his penis was bitten by a leech. It did not hurt much…
Autumn Grand Service 2019
Tenrikyo’s Way of Thinking and Living: Motivation for and Ways of Missionary Work
In Tenrikyo, an effort to convey the teachings of God the Parent to others is referred to as “sprinkling the fragrance of the teachings.” In general terms, it is missionary work. When people who were saved by Oyasama asked Her what to do in return, She always told them to…
