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Today's Verse
Your suffering at this time must be trying, but the future will bring delight to your mind. (XI:64-65)
TENRIKYO YOUNG MEN’S ASSOCIATION: Organizes 5th International Hinokishin Corps
The 5th International Hinokishin Corps operated from July 18 to 24 at the Home of the Parent, enrolling 88 members of the Young Men’s Association from nine countries: the U.S., the U.K., the Netherlands, Slovenia, Colombia, Spain, Brazil, France, and Taiwan. The corps, formed once every three years, is designed…
July Monthly Service Joyously Performed
The July Monthly Service of Church Headquarters was joyously performed on the 26th at the Main Sanctuary with the Shinbashira presiding. Under the blue summer sky that signaled the end of the rainy season, the surrounding precincts of Church Headquarters were filled with great numbers of followers, including many children…
2002 Children’s Pilgrimage to Jiba Held
The Children’s Pilgrimage to Jiba was held between July 26 and August 4 under the theme “Let’s do hinokishin (selfless and thankful action) and fill the Home of the Parent with joy.” During this 10-day period, more than 281,000 children and adult leaders including some 925 from 21 overseas countries…
Excerpts from Tenrikyo Jiten: “Human Thinking” (Ningen-gogoro)
Tenrikyo uses the term “human thinking” (or “human thought” or “human mind”)–as contrasted with the mind of “single-heartedness with God”–to refer to human beings’ selfish use of the mind. Human beings, as the following verse implies, have the tendency to think only of what is before one’s eyes. The minds…
Students of TLI Japanese Language Department Participate in Exchange Program with Schoolchildren
On June 27, a total of 40 students in the Japanese Language Department at TLI (Tenrikyo Language Institute) visited Nikaido Elementary School in Tenri City, where they participated in an exchange program with the school’s 433 pupils. This exchange program was conducted in connection with the “Period of Integrated Study,”…
June Monthly Service Joyfully Performed
The June Monthly Service was conducted in the Main Sanctuary of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters on the 26th with the Shinbashira presiding. Though it had been drizzling from the previous day due to a seasonal rain front, the weather improved so that the worshipers no longer needed umbrellas by the time…