Today's Verse
Your suffering at this time must be trying, but the future will bring delight to your mind. (XI:64-65)
Insights into the Anecdotes: Izo Iburi (1833–1907), Anecdote 30: “Ten Thousandfold”
The Anecdote Once Oyasama took a grain of unhulled rice in Her hand and showed it to Izo Iburi, saying: “The same is true with a human being. You sow a grain of sincerity, and it multiplies to two or three hundred grains in a year, ten thousand in the…
February 2018 Monthly Service
Blessed with relatively mild and sunny weather at the Home of the Parent, the February 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 Parentʼs profound…
Seminar for Successors Held in Jiba with Overseas Followers
The Shinbashira’s Sermon at the Spring Grand Service 2018
I would like to express my heartfelt appreciation to all of you for carrying out the tasks of the path in the course of your daily life. Thank you also for returning here for the Spring Grand Service today despite the severe cold weather. Having duly concluded the Service, I…
Tenrikyo Associations Announce Their Guidelines and Plans for 2018
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 1,678 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…