Category Archives: Tenrikyo

Interpretation: When God’s guidance is seen, and understood, one can purify one’s mind by oneself.   解釈 神の導きを見て、理解したとき、人は自分の心を自分で清めることができる。   Interpretação: Quando a orientação de Deus é vista e compreendida, a pessoa pode purificar sua mente por si mesma.   Interprétation … Continue reading →

Interpretation: God to begin giving guidance to help the person purify the mind.   解釈： 神がその人の心を浄化するための導きを与え始めること。   Interpretação: Deus começa a dar orientação para ajudar a pessoa a purificar a mente.   Interprétation : Dieu commence à donner des conseils … Continue reading →

“If you have anger, you do not know God’s teachings”. This is a quote that I had read in a Tenrikyo article or book. The word anger is not included as one of the dusts or negative thoughts in the Ofudesaki. … Continue reading →

Interpretation: The fish and serpent were the first couple that started human beings. From heaven, God’s pure mind was placed in the first couple. This pure mind is what God wants us to understand and attain. This is the mind … Continue reading →

Today I would like to talk about the Service. In the Ofudesaki, words like teodori, Kagura, Youki-tsutome, and Kanroudai no tsutome are used to describe the Service. They appear to be the same service. The Kagura is performed in front … Continue reading →

Interpretation: The Origin creation of human beings is important to understand because the Original pure mind from God was given to the first couple (Izanagi and Izanami) that started human beings. This is the mind that will bring upon only … Continue reading →

I often hear from people that I do not have examples of what happens in life. My daughter’s boyfriend came to our house for Christmas Eve dinner. I had some time, so I introduced him to God’s teachings in the Ofudesaki. … Continue reading →

Interpretation: God telling the early followers that God will begin to place guidance everywhere. But this guidance will depend on the early followers spreading God’s truth about the Original pure mind that was given to the first parents that started … Continue reading →

Interpretation: God telling the early followers that the future is not known, if happiness or suffering will appear. This is why God will start to place illness as guidance, to help the people know what path they are on.   … Continue reading →

Interpretation: Human beings have a difficult time understanding new concepts like the Original pure mind (shinjitsu) and the soul (mune). This is why God with our prayer (youki-tsutome), will help them understand these concepts to help them attain health and … Continue reading →