Category Archives: Tenrikyo
Understanding The Soul
Why do people suffer? Why are some people afflicted with cancer? Why do people suffer from diseases? Why do people get into accidents? Why do bad people appear in our lives? Are these all coincidences or planned by God? God … Continue reading
1,000th Post
Today I am writing my 1,000 post on WordPress. I must admit that some of my post were revisions of posts. I was trying to think of what I could write for this milestone. My purpose and presence on WordPress … Continue reading
The Truth of the Soul/heart
Kono soji sukiyaki shitate sen koto ni Mune no shinjitsu wakari nai kara 5-28 The first translation below is the traditional translation by Tenrikyo Headquarters and the 2nd translation is word for word. Unless the sweeping is thoroughly accomplished, You … Continue reading
God Can Heal You
Do you have an illness that doctors and medicine cannot cure? What if I tell you that whatever your illness is, it can be cured! You are probably thinking that this is a ridiculous statement, and are questioning my motive. … Continue reading
What Flows From the Soul/Heart
It is said that the early Christians believed in reincarnation and the soul/heart. The following is from Proverbs: 23 Above all else, guard your heart/soul, for everything you do flows from it. 24 Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk … Continue reading
Tenrikyo-Spreading God’s Truth
On Saturday my wife and I went to a bookstore. When we were entering our car to leave, a middle age Asian woman comes running toward the car and waving at us. For a moment I thought we had forgotten … Continue reading
The Soul is Who We Are
It’s surprising how children have different personalities, although we raise them almost the same. In the Ofudesaki is the following: Ponder over this talk, all of you in the world. There is no mind the same as another. 5-7 Even … Continue reading
Our Souls Helping Us to Purify Our Minds
Why is it so difficult to change? Let’s say someone from church convinces us that anger is not good for us. We agree to not get angry for any reason. Yet no matter how much we resist, when annoyance appears, … Continue reading
Our Sacred Book
In our religion, God has given us instructions to save the world in a compilation of verses called the Ofudesaki. Many other religions have sacred documents that profess that they are from God; but the verses in the Ofudesaki are … Continue reading
Tenrikyo Song eleven Mikagura-uta
The following is from the third verse from song eleven of the mikagura-uta. Yoku o wasurete hinokishin. Kore ga daiichi koe to naru. The first translation below is the traditional translation by Tenrikyo Headquarters and the 2nd translation is word … Continue reading