Doysuha Videos: Nioigake Day

Two news videos (in Japanese only) about Tenrikyo Nioigake Day were posted on the Tenrikyo Japanese website 10 days ago. Again, I apologize for the delay. Here is a translation of the narration of the first video:

Doyusha Video: TSA Hinokishin Day

A news video (in Japanese only) about the Tenrikyo Students Association’s Hinokishin Day activity was posted on the Tenrikyo Japanese website more than two weeks ago. Apologies for the delay. Here is a translation of the narration: On September 19, “Students of the Path Hinokishin Day,” an activity sponsored Tenrikyo Students Association (TSA), was held […]

Disaster Relief Efforts in Mie, Nara, and Wakayama (Updated)

Latest news from the Tenrikyo Japanese website:

Tenrikyo Young Men’s Association Observes “Missionary Campaign Week for All Chapters”

Posting a translation of the narration from a Doyusha video a couple weeks ago (apologies for the delay): Tenrikyo Young Men’s Association (TYMA) Headquarters designated the week of September 4–11 as the “Missionary Campaign Week for All Chapters.” Dynamic propagation activities were held throughout Japan. On the first day, September 4, Tamashima Chapter members of […]

Tenrikyo Federation for the Hearing-Impaired Celebrates 50th Anniversary

Posting a translation of the narration from a Doyusha video from last month: On August 27, the “Tenrikyo Federation for the Hearing-Impaired” held a ceremony celebrating its 50th anniversary at a venue on the Tenri University campus. Founded in 1961, the Federation has implemented missionary and welfare activities catered to the deaf, which include organizing […]

Disaster Relief Efforts in Mie Prefecture (updated)

Latest article from the Tenrikyo Japanese website RSS feed: Typhoon No. 12 (aka Talas), the largest typhoon to hit Japan in over 20 years, brought record rains to the Kii Peninsula. The Mie Diocese Disaster Relief Hinokishin Corps (DRHC) was dispatched to Kiho-cho, Mie Prefecture, between September 9 and 11. A total of 121 members […]

Doyusha Video: High School Division of Students Training Course begins

A news video (in Japanese only) about the High School Division of the Students Training Course has been posted on the Tenrikyo Japanese website. Here is a translation of the narration: On August 9, high school students connected to the path returned to Jiba from across Japan to learn the teachings at the High School […]

Doyusha Video: Disaster Relief Efforts in Fukushima and Niigata

A news video (in Japanese only) on recent Disaster Relief Hinokishin Corps’ (DRHC) efforts has been posted on the Tenrikyo Japanese website. Here is a translation of the narration: The Tenrikyo DRHC was dispatched on August 2 to areas affected by torrential rain in Niigata. The downpour in Fukushima and Niigata prefectures between July 27 […]

Doyusha Videos on Children’s Pilgrimage

A news video (in Japanese only) about the Children’s Pilgrimage to Jiba has been posted on the Tenrikyo Japanese website. Here is a translation of the narration: On July 26, after the July Monthly Service, this year’s Children’s Pilgrimage to Jiba, hosted by Tenrikyo Church Headquarters, began. The theme for this year’s Children’s Pilgrimage is […]

Living Words: The Mountain of Treasure

The following is a translation of an excerpt from Ikiru kotoba (“Living words”), p. 5. Over a large river, there is a bridge which has no supports. . . . if you earnestly strive and cross the bridge without falling, there will be before you a mountain of treasure. Anecdotes of Oyasama 171, “The Mountain […]