Category Archives: Tip of the Writing Brush
OFUDESAKI 11-22
Interpretation: God descended from heaven to save mankind. How would God do this? God throughout the Ofudesaki and Mikagura-uta tells us that God will work. God first tells us the teaching in the Ofudesaki to help us lead a “Joyous … Continue reading
OFUDESAKI 104
Interpretation: God is telling the early followers, that the path of spreading the teachings is dependent on their own minds. We must purify our own minds before we can spread it to others.
OFUDESAKI 10-100
Interpretation: God wants us to spread the teachings to the high places. When these people are able to understand the teachings, God will begin to help them purify their minds. This is why hinokishin, or the spreading of the teachings … Continue reading
OFUDESAKI 10-96
Interpretation: The appointed time is when God will go out to save others to help them understand the teachings. When and where God will go to save?
OFUDESAKI 10-95
Interpretation: People may not be able to understand how the teaching will spread. God tells us that we must first purify our own minds before we can spread the teachings to others. This is what God is telling the intermediates … Continue reading
OFUDESAKI 9-14
Interpretation: The verses that follow will give you the answer to what matters God is truly hastening.
OFUDESAKI 9-8
Interpretation: God promises any salvation if our minds are pure of the dusts of regret(oshii), covetousness(hoshii), self-love(kawaii), greed(yoku), and arrogance(koman). This pure mind is the mind of God, or the Original mind (shinjitsu) given to the first parents of human … Continue reading
Tenrikyo /Why We Need to Remove Arrogance
It is not surprising that most religions do not listens to the concerns and questions of their congregation. Any questions concerning the authenticity of their beliefs will brand you an heretic. When have you ever heard a religion come out … Continue reading
Tenrikyo /Happiness in a Bottle?
How do we become happy, where everything feels good? There are “cloudy days” that whatever you do you feel gloomy, and depressed, while there are “sunny days” where one feels great no matter what is occurring around you. Some will … Continue reading
Heaven’s Truth Church (Tenrikyo)
I wonder why religion makes finding God so difficult. One has to go through a plethora of ancient books, many times translated and interpreted many times before it reaches us. This is why an individual truly trying to find God … Continue reading