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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)
Young Followers Share Their Joy of Faith Together
The 2019 College Division of the Students Training Course was held in the Home of the Parent between March 3 and 9 under the theme “Feel! Express! The Joyous Life!” This year’s training course welcomed to Jiba a total of 488 university, junior college, graduate school, and technical school students…
Tenrikyo Associations Announce Their Guidelines and Plans for 2019
Boys and Girls Association On January 27, Tenrikyo Boys and Girls Association held its leaders’ first meeting of the year in Dining Hall 2, drawing 1,653 participants—including heads of directly supervised chapters and diocese chapters as well as members of the nurturing committees of those chapters. This year, the association…
Spring Grand Service Sermon by Director-in-Chief of Administrative Affairs Zensuke Nakata
I would like to extend my warmest welcome to all of you who have returned to Jiba for the Spring Grand Service today despite the cold weather. I am truly grateful that we have been able to joyfully and spiritedly perform the Service taught by Oyasama together with so many…
Education and Nurture Bureau to be Established
Church Headquarters has announced that the Education and Nurture Bureau [Kyoyo shitsu] will be newly established on March 20 under the jurisdiction of the Director-in-Chief of Religious Affairs. This new bureau aims to streamline and improve Church Headquarters’ education and nurture system in order to better meet the current needs…
Spring Grand Service 2019
On January 26, the Spring Grand Service commemorating the day when Oyasama withdrew from physical life—namely, the lunar calendar date of January 26, 1887—was performed in the Main Sanctuary of Church Headquarters with Successor-Designate Daisuke Nakayama presiding as chief officiant. Approximately 58,000 followers from both within and outside Japan returned…
Tenrikyo’s Way of Thinking and Living: Practice of Hinokishin
Hinokishin is one of the Tenrikyo terms that are relatively well known to the public. There seem to be many people who have seen Tenrikyo followers in happi coats cleaning public facilities such as parks. Although some may regard hinokishin as volunteer service, it is significant that the motivation for…