Today's Verse
Your suffering at this time must be trying, but the future will bring delight to your mind. (XI:64-65)
Tenrikyo’s Way of Thinking and Living: Establishment and Classification of Churches
Around the time when Oyasama withdrew from physical life in 1887, the government’s interference that Tenrikyo faced was so severe that followers could not establish churches. In the following year, 1888, they eventually obtained official approval for the establishment of a Church Headquarters in Tokyo and, soon after that, the…
The Overseas Seminar for Successors Held in Mongolia and Singapore
Tenrikyo’s Way of Thinking and Living: Followers, Yoboku, and Ministers
People who have faith in Tenrikyo can be classified into three groups depending on their progress in seeking the path—followers, Yoboku, and ministers—although all of them can collectively be referred to as followers. According to the Constitution of Tenrikyo, “Those who have faith in the teachings of Tenrikyo and who…
November 2017 Monthly Service
The November Monthly Service of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters was performed on the 26th in the Main Sanctuary with the Shinbashira presiding as chief officiant. In the Service prayer, the Shinbashira expressed appreciation for God the Parent’s love that guides people along the path of Joyous Life. He then said: “All…
Tenrikyo Mission Center in the Philippines Marks Its 30th Anniversary
Insights into the Anecdotes: Chushichi Yamanaka (1827–1902), Anecdote 21: “That’s All to the Good, That’s All to the Good”
The Anecdote Around the middle of May 1868, five years from the time Chushichi Yamanaka had embraced the faith, a heavy rain had fallen continuously for many days. The river overflowed here and there, rice fields were washed out, and houses were carried away. Chushichi suffered heavy losses.…