Category Archives: Tenrikyo
God’s Truths
Many people wonder why the promised time has not come. Why are our prayers not answered? In the Tip of the Writing Brush is the following: Step by step, I have taught the truth of single-heartedness with God. But you … Continue reading
Why is it so difficult to forgive?
Why is it so difficult to forgive? There are those who were the closest of friends who have never talked to each other again. There are relatives that have closed their ties because there is no forgiveness. How do we … Continue reading
Finding Hope
Webster defines religion as: an organized system of beliefs, ceremonies, and rules used to worship a god or a group of gods. Overall religion is supposed to make one closer with God, and in essence become good. Like a recipe … Continue reading
The fly on the wall
What would we see if we could place ourselves out of the picture? Like an impartial outsider looking through a clear window, we see a new world. Without greed, arrogance, hate and everything evil that is attached to our selfish … Continue reading
We All Have Sinned
The truth of causality is said to be difficult to accept. It is difficult to accept that the sufferings of this life may due to what we have done in our past lives. How can we place blame on the … Continue reading
Reincarnation as a link to Causality
Understanding the law of causality is what will bring peace to the world. Causality is the Truth of Heaven. Our actions today will affect our future. Reincarnation is the process we must understand to see the relationship between cause and … Continue reading
Heaven’s Truth Church
In the world, there are sunny days, and cloudy days. Every type of day is manifested by our minds. With each manifested day, if we go through with a purity of mind, then every day will eventually become a sunny … Continue reading
Can Christians believe in Causality?
What is the goal of every Christian? It is to get into heaven, where joy and happiness will be forever: sharing this happiness with love ones. This is the goal of the Heaven’s Truth Church (Tenrikyo). We believe that eventually … Continue reading
Don’t Kill the Messenger/revised
What if the world is a reflection of our minds? The problems at work, the unexpected sufferings are all the results of our minds. The delivery of these sufferings may be from people familiar to us, or may even be … Continue reading
The Two Paths of Mankind
There are two paths of mankind. One is a good path and the other is the bad path. The good path leads to joy, and the bad path leads to suffering. Everyone if given the choice would select the good … Continue reading