Category Archives: guidance
A Prayer to Save the World
The Service that is mentioned in the Ofudesaki is the Youki-tsutome. It is not the Yorozuyo and the 12 dances that Oyasama created. It is the Youki-tsutome that God wants us to perform. This is the Service that will help … Continue reading
OFUDESAKI 13-81
OFUDESAKI 11-27
Interpretation: God is talking about Kokan, Oyasama’s daughter. She was one of the instruments used in the creation of human beings. God has future expectation from her, in the saving of the world.
OFUDESAKI 11-2
Interpretation: God is telling us we may all receive illness as guidance to help us purify our minds to attain the Original mind (shinjitsu).
OFUDESAKI 9-63
Interpretation: When the minds of the world become purified of dusts, then God will give the gift of heaven. The world will attain the Joyous life.
Tenrikyo /Pain as God’s Blessings
Prophets who miraculous healed people founded many of the religions in the world. What is more impressive to convince others that one is working in behalf of God than to cure the incurable? But enter a religion that tells people … Continue reading
Tenrikyo /Can Illness Be Good for Us?
In the Heaven’s Truth Church (Tenrikyo), God is said to guide us by placing illness on ourselves. We ponder over the illness, and we reflect on how we have been using our minds. We attempt to determine if we have … Continue reading
Is God Trying to Guide Us?
We who are followers of the Heaven’s Truth (Tenrikyo) religion must be very cautious in interpreting what occurs every day. When suffering or inconvenience occurs, is it due to causality, or is it God’s guidance? I often hear people say … 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