{"id":2449,"date":"2012-03-31T02:09:45","date_gmt":"2012-03-31T02:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/online.tenrikyo.org\/?p=2449"},"modified":"2016-05-12T05:16:31","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T05:16:31","slug":"the-measure-of-heaven-the-life-of-izo-iburi-the-honseki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/online.tenrikyo.org\/?p=2449","title":{"rendered":"The Measure of Heaven: The Life of Izo Iburi, the Honseki"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Measure of Heaven<\/em> presents an English translation of Ten no jogi: Honseki Iburi Izo no shogai<\/em>, which was published in 1997 by Tenrikyo Doyusha Publishing Company. This English version was published in 2012.<\/p>\n

Chapter titles:<\/p>\n

1. An Abridged Biography
\n2. From Embracing the Faith to Becoming the Honseki
\n3. Izo as the Honseki
\n4. The Honseki\u2019s Church Visits
\n5. Various Anecdotes
\n6. The Honseki\u2019s Passing<\/p>\n

\u201cFor his entire life, Izo Iburi greatly cherished God\u2019s blessings that saved his wife and thoroughly dedicated himself to expressing his indebtedness to God and Oyasama. . . . [H]e was steadfast in observing the teachings while constantly reminding himself of how Oyasama lived in the depths of poverty. It is not an exaggeration to say that his life is an indispensable example for followers.\u201d
\n\u2014 from the editors\u2019 afterword<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Measure of Heaven presents an English translation of Ten no jogi: Honseki Iburi Izo no shogai, which was published in 1997 by Tenrikyo Doyusha Publishing Company. This English version was published in 2012. Chapter titles: 1. An Abridged Biography 2. From Embracing the Faith to Becoming the Honseki 3.\u2026<\/p>\n

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