Nakayama Miki
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, 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.
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Trending topics shown first"Whoever may come, God will not retire. It is natural that you are filled with anxieties at present, but after twenty or thirty years have passed, a day is sure to come when all of you will admit the t…"
"You know there is the Fudesaki. What do you think of it? The seventeen parts of the Fudesaki were not completed in a short while. God spoke into my ears, saying, ‘Do not look at any writings, even the…"
"There is no need for a shrine. Start building something small. It is to be one square tsubo. This structure of one square tsubo is not for human habitation. Additions can be made depending on your min…"
"This path cannot be followed by human thinking. It is the path that is being formed by the law of nature."
"Early rising, honesty, and work. There is a great difference in merit between being awakened and waking up someone else. Working in the shadows and praising others is honesty. If you do not put into p…"
"Whoever comes to this house shall never leave without being filled with joy. To Me, the Parent, all human beings in the world are My children."
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