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Know Your Origin
Why is so important to know where we come from? Why do millions of people go on sites like ancestry.com to find their beginnings? Why do adopted children eventually yearn for information about their biologically parents? We want to find … Continue reading
Happy Fourth of July
As we celebrate the 4th of July, in the United States of American, we are reminded of how blessed we are to live in this country. The founders of our country formulated a constitution that protected the individual rights of … Continue reading
Believing in the Origin
If someone asks what makes your religion so special, what would you say? What separates your religion from all the others? In the Heaven’s Truth Church (Tenrikyo), we believe that God created mankind to live a joyous life. It is … Continue reading
What makes your religion special?
If someone asks what makes your religion so special, what would you say? What separates your religion from all the others? In the Heaven’s Truth Church (Tenrikyo), we believe that God created mankind to live a joyous life. It is … Continue reading
Be Spirited!
The following is a verse from the Osashizu concerning Causality. You feel it is more than you can bear. Listen well and understand. The path (cause and effect) is the truth for eternity. You must quiet the mind and … Continue reading
Why Does the Baby Cry?
Sometimes when events happen in our lives, we are at loss to explain the reasoning behind the event. The following is a verse from the Osashizu (Tenrikyo): This crying at night: you say it is the child crying. I have … Continue reading
The Ultimate Truth
All religions profess that they have God’s truth. But what is God’s truth? In the Heaven’s Truth (Tenrikyo) religion, we must first believe from our hearts that all mankind was created to live a joyous life. This truth, gives us … Continue reading
True Joy
There are two types of joy. There is joy created by selfishness, and there is joy created by bringing happiness to others. The following is a quote from the Osashizu December 11, 1897: There is God-guided joy and self-serving joy. … Continue reading
Be Spirited
A new survey says that 13% of the American population is on anti-depressant medication. This is an astounding number of people who are chronically depressed. Many of us go through temporary depressions from a loss of a love one, divorce, … Continue reading
The Root of Cancer/revised
We have almost eliminated smallpox, and other plagues that disseminated the world in the past. Yet we still have diseases that shorten the lives of millions of people on this earth. With billions of dollars and years of research, we … Continue reading