{"id":2489,"date":"2002-05-26T05:41:46","date_gmt":"2002-05-25T20:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/online.tenrikyo.org\/?p=2489"},"modified":"2020-08-28T10:42:25","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T01:42:25","slug":"my-hopes-for-the-young-excerpts-from-the-second-shinbashira%e2%80%99s-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/online.tenrikyo.org\/?p=2489","title":{"rendered":"My Hopes for the Young: Excerpts from the Second Shinbashira\u2019s Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The second Shinbashira, Shozen Nakayama, trained young people by telling them, \u201cIf someone asks you what kind of teaching Tenrikyo is, you should be able to say, \u2018Look at me.\u2019\u201d This volume was compiled to provide a resource for young people wishing to develop their skills in finding joy in life by applying the Tenrikyo teachings.<\/p>\n

The author says, \u201cIf you listen to your innermost heart, you are certainly able to find joy. . . . [On] days that might be likened to mountains and valleys that you have to cross . . . I suggest you engage in deep self-reflection and thereby sweep your heart clean.\u201d No matter how gloomy things may seem, he says that \u201cone can transform such gloominess into brightness, depending solely on how one handles the mind.\u201d<\/p>\n

All passages contained in this volume come from addresses that were delivered by the second Shinbashira before audiences comprising young people on such occasions as the Students Training Course, the path seekers\u2019 seminars, and the Young Men\u2019s Association conventions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The second Shinbashira, Shozen Nakayama, trained young people by telling them, \u201cIf someone asks you what kind of teaching Tenrikyo is, you should be able to say, \u2018Look at me.\u2019\u201d This volume was compiled to provide a resource for young people wishing to develop their skills in finding joy in\u2026<\/p>\n

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