Today's Verse
What are your thoughts on hearing this talk? It is solely the preparation for single-hearted salvation. (XI:56-57)
Hinokishin School Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary
On June 25 the Mission Department sponsored a convention which commemorated the 20th anniversary of Hinokishin School. Since its establishment in 1985, Hinokishin School has offered a variety of programs in which missionaries acquire knowledge and techniques useful for responding to social needs and thus promoting their missionary work effectively…
June Monthly Service Performed
The June Monthly Service was performed on the 26th at Tenrikyo Church Headquarters. Amid the elegant sounds of the gagaku music, the Shinbashira and the other Service performers filed into the Main Sanctuary. Thereupon, the Shinbashira ascended the dais to offer the service prayer. After extending our gratitude for the…
Shuyoka Faith Experience Speech by Mary Wangari Mungai
God the Parent’s Guidance I finished my college on July 14, 1994. In my college, I underwent a three-year course in clothing technology. I went to stay at my brother’s home far from my parents’ home. Since my brother’s wife had a sewing machine, I kept myself busy by making…
From Shiawase o yobu kokoro by Eiji Ozaki: The Truth of Arising Occurrences (2)
Seeing the truth The following two stories appeared in the Michi no tomo magazine (August 1972) and Koshiro Masui’s Osashizu katarigusa (p. 96) *** One summer’s day, a devout follower who visited Oyasama regularly was digging a well at home from early morning. His well was more than two-thirds completed…
Joint Convention of Five Tenrikyo Welfare Federations Takes Place
Two hundred eighty followers assembled on May 25 at the Home of the Parent for a joint convention of five Tenrikyo welfare federations for prison chaplains, juvenile probation officers, foster parents, social welfare facilities, and child welfare commissioners. The convention began with an address by Chairman Keisuke Hamano of the…
Judo Training Camp Held
Approximately 150 prominent judo athletes and coaches, including about 100 foreign judokas from eight countries, gathered in the Home of the Parent to participate in a judo training camp held from May 29 through June 3. At Tenri University Judo Hall, judokas who will represent Japan in all seven weight…