Category Archives: causality
Allegories have been used to explain difficult or unfamiliar concepts throughout time. It is said that God descended in 1838 upon a rural agriculture community. To explain how the teaching of God will spread, God used terms familiar to the … Continue reading
Hinokishin
What is more important, the soul or the physical body? Many will say it is the salvation of the soul that is the most important. Yet, many religions place more emphasis on the physical or tangible assets of society. Food … Continue reading
Why Do We Suffer/ revisited
Sometimes when people read my old blogs, I review them and add to what was written. This is a blog written in May of 2013. Consider the books in God’s library. In each book, the first and last pages are … Continue reading
What is Salvation?
What is salvation work? In a recent lecture by a Tenrikyo reverend, he considered salvation work as anything that helps others. Even helping someone carry his or her suitcase may be considered salvation work. According to him, a smile can … Continue reading
Natural Disasters as a result of God’s Wrath
How does God communicate his disapproval with us? In the Book of Prophecy (Ofudesaki), God tells us that the anger and regret of God is manifested by severe weather and geological disturbances. In this world, landslides, thunder, earthquakes, And great … Continue reading
The Path to World Salvation (Heaven’s Truth/Tenrikyo)
Remove greed, arrogance, and self-love from one’s thoughts to have joy; by the principal of causality, this will bring upon joy. True joy is shared joy. We must share with others on how to attain joy and be spirited. God … Continue reading
Work as God’s Blessing
You hear of people that love to work, and they wake up in the morning eager to work. But for many of us, we attempt to prolong our sleep, and dread going to work. Daily we look at our clocks, … Continue reading
God can heal you?
In many of the sacred books, there are accounts of miraculous healings that were performed by the prophets. Even today there are religions that advocate the healing of illness by prayer. But there are also instances where the prophets could … Continue reading
Heaven’s Truth for Dummies
Believe that God descended from Heaven to help mankind remove evil from his or her heart. Believe in causality and reincarnation and our bodies are borrowed from God; our souls live forever. Remove evil (greed, arrogance, and self love) from … Continue reading
God’s Gift to Mankind
Someone once asked me what makes the Heaven’s Truth Religion (Tenrikyo Religion) so different from other religions. I remember hesitating and trying to come up with an answer that would try to convince them of the uniqueness of our church. … Continue reading