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Today's Verse
In this cleansing, there shall be no discrimination between those within and the world. I shall manifest all of the mind of each of you. (XII:1-2)
Tenrikyo’s Way of Thinking and Living: True Meaning of Work
“Work (hataraku) makes those close to you comfortable; for that, it is called hataraku (hata: those nearby, raku: comfortable)” (Anecdotes of Oyasama, the Foundress of Tenrikyo, no. 197, “Hands That Work”). These words, which Oyasama is said to have spoken, are very well known among Tenrikyo followers. In society, an…
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
The Autumn Grand Service for the 182nd year of the Teaching was performed in the Main Sanctuary on October 26, commemorating the day of the founding of the Teaching in 1838—the day when Oyasama was settled as the Shrine of Tsukihi through the divine revelation in which God said, “At…