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Tenrikyo
is a Japanese new religion which is neither strictly monotheistic nor pantheistic, originating from the teachings of a 19th-century woman named Nakayama Miki, known to her followers as "Oyasama". Followers of Tenrikyo believe that God of Origin, God in Truth, known by several names including "Tsukihi," " Tenri-Ō-no-Mikoto" and "Oyagamisama" revealed divine intent through Miki Nakayama as the Shrine of God and to a lesser extent the roles of the Honseki Izo Iburi and other leaders. Tenrikyo's worldly aim is to teach and promote the Joyous Life, which is cultivated through acts of charity and mindfulness called . The primary operations of Tenrikyo today are located at Tenrikyo Church Headquarters, which supports 16,833 locally managed churches in Japan,Japanese Ministry of Education. ''Shuukyou Nenkan, Heisei 14-nen'' (宗教年鑑平成14年). 2002. the construction and maintenance of the and various community-focused organisations. It has 1.75 million followers in Japan a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nakayama Miki
was a nineteenth-century Japanese farmer and religious leader. She is the primary figure of the Japanese new religion Tenrikyo. Tenrikyo followers, who refer to her as Oyasama (おやさま or 親様), believe that she was settled in the Shrine of Tsukihi from the moment she experienced a divine revelation in 1838 until her death in 1887. In Tenrikyo, she is also referred to as the . Upon her divine revelation, she gave away most of her family's possessions and dismantled the family's house, thereby entering a state of poverty. She began to attract followers, who believed that she was a living goddess who could heal people and bless expectant mothers with safe childbirth. To leave a record of her teachings, she composed the '' Ofudesaki'' and taught the lyrics, choreography and music of the Service, which have become Tenrikyo's scripture and liturgy respectively. She identified what she claimed to be the place where God created human beings and instructed her followers to mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenrikyo Church Headquarters
is the main headquarters of the Tenrikyo religion, located in Tenri, Nara, Tenri, Nara Prefecture, Nara, Japan. This establishment is significant to followers because it is built around the ''Jiba (Tenrikyo), Jiba'', the spot where followers believe God (known in Tenrikyo as Tenri-O-no-Mikoto) conceived humankind. Organization Hierarchy The organization of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters consists primarily of the headquarters proper (本部 ''honbu''), grand churches (大教会 ''daikyōkai''), branch churches (分教会 ''bunkyōkai''), and dioceses (教区 ''kyōku''). Under the management of the main headquarters is a dual organizational structure, such that the grand churches and branch churches minister to adherents genealogically while the dioceses minister to adherents geographically. At the top of the church hierarchy is the ''Shinbashira (Tenrikyo), Shinbashira,'' who is defined as the "spiritual and administrative leader" of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters. Many of the cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oyasato-yakata
is the main headquarters of the Tenrikyo religion, located in Tenri, Nara, Japan. This establishment is significant to followers because it is built around the '' Jiba'', the spot where followers believe God (known in Tenrikyo as Tenri-O-no-Mikoto) conceived humankind. Organization Hierarchy The organization of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters consists primarily of the headquarters proper (本部 ''honbu''), grand churches (大教会 ''daikyōkai''), branch churches (分教会 ''bunkyōkai''), and dioceses (教区 ''kyōku''). Under the management of the main headquarters is a dual organizational structure, such that the grand churches and branch churches minister to adherents genealogically while the dioceses minister to adherents geographically. At the top of the church hierarchy is the ''Shinbashira,'' who is defined as the "spiritual and administrative leader" of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters. Many of the current grand churches were established by missionaries around the turn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenrikyo Theology
Tenrikyo theology (天理教学 ''Tenrikyōgaku'') is the theology of the Tenrikyo religion. The discipline of Tenrikyo theology consists of scriptural studies (studies of the '' Ofudesaki,'' '' Mikagura-uta,'' and '' Osashizu''), historical theology, dogmatic theology, and practical theology. Scripture God Names In historical documents and scriptures related to Tenrikyo, a number of different appellations are ascribed to God. In the '' Ofudesaki'', God identified as three different entities. In 1869, when the first verses were composed, God initially identified as ''kami'' (神), a spirit in the Japanese Shinto tradition. The designation ''kami'' was broader than the Abrahamic notion of God, as it could be applied to any object that possessed divine power or inspired awe, such as animals, trees, places, and people. However, the '' Ofudesaki'' stressed the uniqueness of the ''kami'' by adding various qualifiers such as ''moto no kami'' (God ''of origin''), ''shinjitsu no kam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Service (Tenrikyo)
In the Tenrikyo religion, the , also known as the Tsutome, is the most important prayer ritual, along with the Sazuke. The Service comes in fundamental forms (i.e. the Kagura Service and Teodori) and several variant forms (such as the Morning and Evening Service). The text to the Service is the '' Mikagura-uta,'' one of the three scriptures of Tenrikyo. In Japanese, using kanji, ''Otsutome'' can be written as or . However, in Tenrikyo publications, it is typically written using only hiragana. Kagura Service The most important Service is the . This service is the masked dance that is exclusively performed around the Kanrodai where Tenrikyo Church Headquarters – located in Tenri City, Japan – is situated. In Shinto, the ''kagura'' is a ceremonial dance; in Tenrikyo, it is considered to be the religion's most sacred dance. Hashimoto cites three meanings behind the performance of the Kagura Service–to represent God's creative power at the time of human conception and thus i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenri-Ō-no-Mikoto
In Tenrikyo, God is a single divine being and creator of the entire universe. God in Tenrikyo is most commonly referred to as ''Oyagami'' (親神) (), ''Tenri-Ō-no-Mikoto'' (天理王命) (), and ''Tsukihi'' (月日) (). The first two characters in the Japanese kanji for Tenri-Ō-no-Mikoto are 天理, where 天 refers to heaven or divinity, and 理 refers to reason or knowledge, thus "Tenri" (天理) refers to divine or heavenly knowledge, and in a sense adds a divine nature to truth itself whereas "天理" also means "natural law" or its pseudonym, "divine law." The English name most frequently used to refer to Tenri-Ō-no-Mikoto outside of ritual is "God the Parent"; in Japanese, the equivalent common names are ''Oyagami'' (親神) and ''Oyagami-sama'' (親神様). In Tenrikyo, God has no gender. Tenrikyo followers vary in their understanding of this creator, from the early understanding of spirit (''kami'', god/deity) through the underlying natural causality (''Tsukihi'', m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanrodai
The ('stand for the heavenly dew', or ) is a sacred entity in Tenrikyo and Tenrikyo-derived Japanese new religions, including (but not limited to) Honmichi, Honbushin, Kami Ichijokyo, Tenri Sanrinkō, and Daehan Cheolligyo. Tenrikyo, as well as a few of its schisms such as , considers the kanrodai to be a physical pillar. However, later Tenrikyo-derived schisms such as Honmichi, Kami Ichijokyo, and Tenri Sanrinkō give a new interpretation in which the kanrodai is embodied as a living person. Honbushin has installed a small stone kanrodai on Mount Kami (Okayama), Kamiyama, a mountain in Okayama, and also recognizes a human kanrodai who is the son of its founder Ōnishi Tama. The first kanrodai was built in 1873 by Iburi Izō at Nakayama Miki's residence. Origin The concept of the kanrodai was first taught by Nakayama Miki, the foundress of Tenrikyo, in 1868. In 1873, she instructed her disciple Iburi Izō, who was a carpenter by trade, to make a wooden kanrodai. Before the locatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daehancheolligyo
Daehan Cheolligyo (, ) is a Tenrikyo-based ''Japanese new religions, Shinshūkyō'' (Japanese new religion) that is based in South Korea. It is one of the two South Korean Tenrikyo organizations. Daehan Cheolligyo is known for adopting more localized customs to harmonize with the general post-Korea under Japanese rule, Japanese colonial cultural atmosphere; the other one is Cheolligyo Han'gukgyodan that still preserves the Japanese Sect Shinto-affiliated cultural aspects in terms of religious practices and direct affiliation with the Tenrikyo Church Headquarters. Its headquarters are currently located in southern Uijeongbu right next to Mangwolsa station of Seoul Subway Line 1 and 's 1st campus. History The Korean branch of Tenrikyo had to face the public backlashes of Anti-Japanese sentiment in Korea, anti-Japanese sentiment after the surrender of Japan due to Tenrikyo being a religion of native Japanese origin. This nationwide circumstance had created an environment in which th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikagura-uta
The Mikagura-uta (みかぐらうた or 御神楽歌, ''The Songs for the Service'') is one of the three Tenrikyo scriptures, along with the '' Ofudesaki'' and the '' Osashizu''. It was composed by the foundress of Tenrikyo, Miki Nakayama, from 1866 to 1875, and revised to its current version in 1882. The Mikagura-uta is the liturgical book of the Service (''otsutome''), a religious ritual that has a central place in Tenrikyo. During the Service, the text to the ''Mikagura-uta'' is sung together with dance movements and musical accompaniment. The Mikagura-uta is also used in most Tenrikyo-derived religions, including Honmichi, Honbushin, Kami Ichijokyo, among others. Etymology and meaning "Mikagura-uta" can be subdivided into three sections. ''Mi'' is an honorific prefix. The word ''kagura'' is a generic term for any performance for a deity or deities in Japan. Although ''kagura'' are usually associated with Shinto shrines, there is also historical evidence of their associatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ofudesaki
The Ofudesaki (おふでさき or 御筆先, "Tip of the Writing Brush") is the most important scripture in Tenrikyo. It is one of Tenrikyo's three scriptures (''sangenten'' 三原典), along with the '' Mikagura-uta'' ("The Songs for the Service") and the '' Osashizu'' ("Divine Directions"). A 17-volume collection of 1,711 '' waka'' poems, the Ofudesaki was composed by the foundress of Tenrikyo, Miki Nakayama, from 1869 to 1882. The Ofudesaki as composed by Miki Nakayama is also the primary sacred scripture of most Tenrikyo-derived religions, including Honmichi, Honbushin, Kami Ichijokyo, among others. Etymology and meaning The name ''Ofudesaki'' can be split into three smaller segments. ''O'' is an honorific prefix, '' fude'' translates to "brush," and ''saki'' translates to "tip." Thus, the Ofudesaki has been referred to in English as ''The Tip of the Writing Brush.'' It was even once referred to as "The Book of Revelations" in early English Tenrikyo literature. It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osashizu
In the Tenrikyo religion, the Osashizu (Japanese: おさしづ, also お指図 or 御指図, "Divine Directions") is a written record of oral revelations given by Izo Iburi. It is one of the three scriptures (''sangenten'' 三原典) of Tenrikyo, along with the ''Ofudesaki'' ("The Tip of the Writing Brush") and the ''Mikagura-uta'' ("The Songs for the Service"). The full scripture is published in seven volumes (plus an index in three volumes) and contains around 20,000 "divine directions" delivered between January 4, 1887, and June 9, 1907. Etymology and meaning ''O''- is an honorific prefix, while ''sashizu'' may refer to “instruction(s)” or “direction(s).” In Tenrikyo parlance, the term ''Osashizu'' technically has two senses, a broader and a narrower one. In its broader sense, the Osashizu includes all of the oral revelations given by Miki Nakayama (who followers refer to as ''Oyasama'' or the "Foundress"), and Izo Iburi (who followers refer to as the ''Honseki,'' or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenri Seminary
Tenri Seminary (天理教校 ''Tenrikyōkō'') is the seminary in Tenri, Japan of Tenrikyo, a Japanese new religion. History In April 1900, Tenri Seminary was established to train and educate Tenrikyo followers in ministry. Initially, the seminary was a four-year course offering coursework at the middle school level along with coursework on Tenrikyo doctrine and rituals. Since its establishment, Tenri Seminary has gone through a number of reorganizations. In 1908, the seminary was reorganized into the six-month Special Course (別科 ''Bekka'') while Tenri Middle School continued as a separate organization. In 1938, the two-year Graduate Seminary program was established and two new courses were added – the Preparatory program which would educate graduates of Tenri Middle School and Tenri Girls School, and the Asian program which would train ministers for mission work in Asia. In April 1941, the seminary underwent another reorganization. The most notable change was that the Speci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
