Today's Verse
However difficult it may be, see the truth through your own mind!
When the mind is made pure and open to reason, the truth will be seen of its own accord. (V:74, 76-77)
80-Year-Old Yoboku and Teenage Grandson Miraculously Survive Nine Days under Tsunami Wreckage
On March 20, worldwide news coverage of the earthquake and tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan highlighted the rescue of an 80-year-old woman and her teenage grandson, who had miraculously survived nine days while trapped under the wreckage of their collapsed home in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture. The woman, Mrs. Sumi…
Tenrikyo’s Disaster Relief Activities in Miyagi Prefecture
Tenrikyo Disaster Relief Hinokishin Corps embarks on full-scale recovery efforts in Miyagi Prefecture On April 2, the base of operations for Tenrikyo Disaster Relief Hinokishin Corps’s relief activities in Miyagi Prefecture was relocated from the Miyagi Diocese Office in Sendai City to the coastal city of Higashimatsushima, which was devastated…
68,000 Assemble to Celebrate Oyasama’s 213th Birthday
In commemoration of the 213th birthday of the everliving Oyasama, the Oyasama Birth Celebration Service was conducted on April 18 in the Main Sanctuary and Foundress’ Sanctuary of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters with the Shinbashira presiding….
This Month’s Message: Measure of Heaven
“Even the things that are considered to be straight by all the people of the world are warped when they are placed against the measure of heaven.” Anecdotes of Oyasama, no. 31, “The Measure of Heaven” Someone looks out of a triangular window and declares, “The world is triangular.” Hearing…
International Network for Mutual Help Organizes Its Annual Charity Bazaar
The International Network for Mutual Help, based in the Overseas Department, hosted its 15th annual charity bazaar on April 10, drawing more than 900 people. The network uses the proceeds from the bazaar for emergency-relief work for natural disasters that take place around the world. In response to the March…
Tenrikyo Disaster Relief Hinokishin Corps Activities in the Tohoku Region (as of April 12)
On March 14, the Tenrikyo Disaster Relief Hinokishin Corps sprung into action by delivering relief supplies to Kamaishi City in Iwate Prefecture. From the 17th, Niigata Diocese’s corps began distributing water to areas in Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures where the water supply had been cut off. On the 18th, when…