{"id":859,"date":"2006-11-26T04:06:23","date_gmt":"2006-11-26T04:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/online.tenrikyo.org\/?p=859"},"modified":"2016-05-12T05:06:49","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T05:06:49","slug":"questions-and-answers-about-tenrikyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/online.tenrikyo.org\/?p=859","title":{"rendered":"Questions and Answers about Tenrikyo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/online.tenrikyo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cover-for-web_QandA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2464\" title=\"cover-for-web_QandA\" src=\"https:\/\/online.tenrikyo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cover-for-web_QandA-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/online.tenrikyo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cover-for-web_QandA-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/online.tenrikyo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cover-for-web_QandA.jpg 309w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/a>This book is a translation of <em>Shinko mondo shu<\/em>, which was published in 1990 by Tenrikyo Young Men\u2019s Association as the 32nd volume in the series <em>Tenri seinen kyotei<\/em> [Textbooks for the Young Followers of Tenrikyo]. This translation has benefited from the help and expertise of many people including the members of the Translation Study Meetings organized by Tenrikyo Oceania Centre.<\/p>\n<p>The preface explains the aim of the book as follows: \u201c[I]t is a common experience that we sometimes find ourselves unsure about our understanding of the teachings when we are asked questions about Tenrikyo or given an opportunity to explain Tenrikyo to others. . . . We have selected various questions on the cornerstones of the Tenrikyo teachings and tried to answer them one by one as plainly as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This publication includes chapters such as \u201cThe Founding of the Teaching,\u201d \u201cGod the Parent, Tenri-O-no-Mikoto,\u201d \u201cOyasama, the Foundress of Tenrikyo,\u201d \u201cJiba,\u201d \u201cThe Truth of Origin,\u201d \u201cThe Mind and the Body,\u201d \u201cCausality,\u201d \u201cDeath and the Soul,\u201d \u201cTenrikyo Churches,\u201d and \u201cBlessings and Salvation.\u201d The book is complemented by a useful index.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This book is a translation of Shinko mondo shu, which was published in 1990 by Tenrikyo Young Men\u2019s Association as the 32nd volume in the series Tenri seinen kyotei [Textbooks for the Young Followers of Tenrikyo]. 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