At 9:35 A.M., Rev. Daisuke Nakayama and other Service performers left the Staff Quarters and proceeded to the Main Sanctuary after paying their respects at the Foundress’ Sanctuary and the Memorial Hall. In the meantime, the Shinbashira—who is recuperating—proceeded to the Main Sanctuary from the north side of the East…
The 49th English Class of Shuyoka (the three-month Spiritual Development Course) began in the Home of the Parent on April 1 as part of the 1,006th session of Shuyoka. The English Class has 14 participants: four from Kenya, three from Hawaii, two each from Australia and Brazil, and one each…
The Students’ Spring Pilgrimage to Jiba for the 188th year of Tenrikyo was held on March 28 in the Home of the Parent under the theme “Let Us Unite Our Hearts in a Circle and Let Joy Overflow from the Students’ Spring Pilgrimage to Jiba.” A total of 2,978 high…
On December 1, 2024, Tenrikyo Canada Church conducted its 90th anniversary service. On the same day in 1934, Canada Church was established as a directly supervised church of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters. The service drew followers from all twelve church affiliations present in Canada—mostly people living in the country but also…
Happy New Year, everyone. I would like to express my sincere appreciation to you for working on various tasks of the path last year. The final year of the “three years, one thousand days” has just begun. A little over two years ago, in the autumn of 2022 (Tenrikyo 185),…
On January 26, the Spring Grand Service was conducted at Tenrikyo Church Headquarters with Successor-Designate Daisuke Nakayama serving as chief officiant on behalf of the Shinbashira. The Grand Service commemorates the day when Oyasama withdrew from physical life—namely, the lunar calendar date of January 26, 1887. In the Service prayer,…