Today's Verse
Tenrikyo’s Way of Thinking and Living: All Human Beings Are Brothers and Sisters
Tenrikyo’s view of humanity provides many important insights into how to bring a settling to this world. Let us focus on two of them. The first insight is that human beings are children created by God the Parent for the purpose of living a joyful life and that God the…
Many Followers of the Path Return to Jiba to Celebrate Oyasama’s 225th Birthday

On April 18, the Oyasama Birth Celebration Service was conducted to commemorate the everliving Oyasama’s 225th birthday in the Main Sanctuary and the Foundress’ Sanctuary of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters with Successor-Designate Daisuke Nakayama presiding as chief officiant. Many followers of the path returned to Jiba from various parts of the…
Insights into the Anecdotes: Zenzo Miyata (1855–1907), Anecdote 165 “Buy Dearly”
The Anecdote (Summary) In the summer of 1885 Zenzo Miyata was so moved by a talk at the Shinmei Fellowship that he became a Tenrikyo follower. Led by Seijiro Imagawa, he returned to Jiba soon thereafter and was granted an audience with Oyasama. Zenzo was then thirty-one years old and…
March 2023 Monthly Service

The March Monthly Service of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters was performed on the 26th in the Main Sanctuary, with Successor-Designate Daisuke Nakayama serving as chief officiant on behalf of the Shinbashira. In the Service prayer, Rev. Nakayama first expressed gratitude to God the Parent for guiding us toward a world filled…
Tenrikyo’s Way of Thinking and Living: Idea of Causality
In Christianity, people often speak of original sin. It is said that the sin of the first humans, Adam and Eve, who disobeyed God, is passed on to all their descendants and that humans will not be saved so long as they remain affected by its consequences. Presumably, it is…
February 2023 Monthly Service

The February Monthly Service of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters was performed on the 26th in the Main Sanctuary, with Successor-Designate Daisuke Nakayama serving as chief officiant on behalf of the Shinbashira. In the Service prayer, Rev. Nakayama first expressed gratitude to God the Parent for providing us with unchanging providence day…