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	Tenrikyō \| Encyclopedia of Religion
		Despite intensifying persecution, Nakayama wrote two books, the Mikagurauta and the Ofudesaki, taught her disciples the movements for the Kagura Zutome ("salvation dance service"), the essential rite in Tenrikyō, and determined the location of the jiba, the sacred spot that is believed to be the original birthplace of humans.
		On the morning of January 26, 1887, she urged her disciples to perform the Kagura Zutome (which had been prohibited by the police), asking them to decide for themselves whether the laws of humankind or those of God are supreme.
		Revealed to Nakayama between 1869 and 1882, the Ofudesaki is composed of seventeen parts comprising 1,711 verses written in the 5-7-5-7-7-syllable waka style.
	www.bookrags.com /research/tenriky-eorl-13 (1243 words)

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		Ofudesaki 3.47 It is only when one does not have enough faith in others that others will have no faith in him.
		Sutra of Forty-two Sections 10 The accumulation of wealth is the way to scatter the people, and the lett- ing it be scattered among them is the way to collect the people.
		Great Learning 10.9 - - - - - - - - - - - - Ofudesaki 3.47: This is the basis of Tenrikyo's hinokishin, voluntary service for the well-being of the community, when one seeks neither praise nor reward.
	www.euro-tongil.org /ws/theme140 (1155 words)

	oyakenHP-T1 English version
		The dialect of Yamato is suited for poetic expressions, but the Ofudesaki employs poetic expressions individually but displays a logical dimension as a whole; thus, it is based on a harmonization of oneness in two.
		When analyzing the Ofudesaki and the Osashizu in regard to the uses of these expressions concerning possibilities, we can conclude that these scriptures comprise resources that reflect strongly remnants of grammatical usage associated with the early modern period.
		To categorize and analyze these expressions, it is important to understand its historical transformation since the early modern period and the grammatical framework in which these expressions appear; this article investigates this broad framework through an examination of the Kyogen rokugi (Six principles of Kyogen) and other early modern primary sources.
	www.tenri-u.ac.jp /oyaken/e-gt-bn3.htm (4079 words)

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		One of the three Tenrikyo scriptures, it comprises the three songs for the Kagura as well as the prelude and the twelve songs for the Teodori.
		The Ofudesaki, The Tip of the Writing Brush, is the scripture that is invested with primary importance and, in the scripture that is invested with primary importance and, in fact, Tenrikyo maintains that all of Oyasama's teachings are vividly revealed in this one book.
		Of central importance in Tenrikyo is the teaching that the human body is a thing lent, a thing borrowed from God the Parent, and that the mind alone is in actuality what we may call our own.
	www.urban.ne.jp /home/katanaka/Emai3.htm (858 words)

	Oomoto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		At the time, the leader was 56 year-old and lived in Ayabe, a city northeast of Kyoto, in Japan.
		The Revelations were compiled in Ofudesaki, which means, literally, “ from the tip of the brush”.
		In 1889, Onisaburo, endowed with great spiritual powers, joins the small group of followers.
	www.meishusama.com /ms/english/oomoto.htm (100 words)

	Religious Movements Homepage: Tenrikyo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The second text, the Ofudesaki was written between 1869 and 1882, and was also authored by the foundress.
		Longer than the aforementioned text, the Ofudesaki consists of 11,711 verses (Thomsen 48) and deals with similar topics as Mikagura Uta: the blessings of the Kanrodai, sin and Salvation, the Jiba as the world's center, and disease healing.
		The final text was written by Master Iburi, Miki's predecessor, between 1887 and 1907 (Thomsen 49).
	religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu /nrms/tenrikyo.html (1734 words)

	ŌMotokyō \| Encyclopedia of Religion
		There, under the command of the kami, she began writing her Ofudesaki (The tip of the divine writing brush), which became a scripture of Ōmotokyō.
		Nao criticized the new materialistic society that caused suffering for poorer people, calling for a utopian age of peace and compassion.
		In Ofudesaki she proclaimed an eschatological viewpoint of world renewal (yonaoshi), urging the realization of the ideal world of Miroku's (Bodhisattva Maitreya's) age and the salvation of the people.
	www.bookrags.com /research/motoky-eorl-10 (1311 words)

	Encyclopedia of Shinto - Home : Personalities : Nakayama Miki
		From about 1854, she started acts of salvation such as using her paranormal powers to guarantee safe childbirth (an act referred to as obiya yurushi within Tenrikyō) or healing the sick.
		In her last years, she fiercely emphasized the supreme authority of God the Parent over secular authorities to those leading members of the organization who were seeking legalization of the group.
		Miki died on February 18, 1887, at the age of ninety.
	eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp /modules/xwords/entry.php?entryID=520 (408 words)

	Tenrikyo Ofudesaki Book I Online Discussion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Ofudesaki - Book I Verses 45-50, Lewis, A Different View
		Ofudesaki - Verse 45-50, Part I, Shimizu, Additional Comments
		Ofudesaki - Verse 58 - 74, Part I, Shimizu
	www.newpath2000.org /OG_Menus/OG1.htm (82 words)

	The Chronology of Onisaburo Deguchi
		Regarded as insane for screaming that Ushitora-no-Konjin would remodel the world, Nao was placed under house arrest for 40 days.
		She began automatically writing Ushitora-no-Konjin's messages on the wall with a nail (later with a writing brush); they would be compiled as the Ofudesaki ("Written Oracles").
		The Sino-Japanese War broke out as prophesied in the Ofudesaki message of Meiji 25 (1892).
	www2.plala.or.jp /wani-san/chronology.htm (3348 words)

	The History of Oomoto
		That day was February 12, 1921, when in the early hours of the morning, over two hundred armed police surrounded the headquarters at Ayabe and began their search of the premises.
		These and others might have constituted proper grounds for prosecution, but it is probable that they only came to light after the trials had already begun and the prosecution had been forced to dig deeper in their search for justification of their actions.
		The results of this endeavor were the Reikai Monogatari (Stories from the Spiritual World) which together with the Ofudesaki make up the sacred scriptures of Oomoto and a rehabilitation after the destruction so savagely wrought on the religion by a hostile government.
	www.oomoto.or.jp /English/enArkivo/history (13012 words)

	Community of Sant'Egidio - Lyon 2005 - The Courage to Forge a New Spiritual Humanism
		The foundress of Tenrikyo, Miki Nakayama, said, “Only through the exhaustive efforts of Tsukihi, made step by step, have you become the humans you are” (Ofudesaki VI: 88).
		The foundress of Tenrikyo has taught us that “If only human beings throughout the world have purified their minds and lead lives joyously When the mind of Tsukihi is truly spirited, so will be all human beings.
		When the minds of all the world are spirited, Tsukihi and human beings will be one in mind” (Ofudesaki VII: 109-111).
	www.santegidio.org /uer/2005/int_1033_EN.htm (984 words)

	Cordite Poetry Review Archives
		We are taught that God the parent wished to inform us "by verse" in order to help us familiarize ourselves with the teachings and understand and remember them more easily.
		I must admit that the notion of holding a haiku conference in a Tenrikyo initially put me on my guard; in each room of the generously appointed guest house, a copy of the Ofudesaki could be found, like a Gideon's bible in a Western motel.
		Upon reading some of the verses in this thick tome, I was struck by their similarity to the Psalms and Proverbs of the Old Testament.
	www.cordite.org.au /archives/000472.html (1693 words)

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		The souls of all people are equal, whether they live on the high mountains or at the bottoms of the valleys.
		Ofudesaki XIII.43-45 Confucius said, "By nature men are pretty much alike; it is learning and practice that set them apart." Confucianism.
		Analects 17.2 Whose deeds lower him, his pedigree cannot elevate.
	www.euro-tongil.org /ws/theme030 (2585 words)

	Emperor and World Renewal in the New Religions: The Case of Shinsei Ryujinkai (by TSUSHIMA Michihito)
		Konjin) which possessed the founder of Konkôkyô were all said to indicate the appearance of the nation-founding deity and his minions.
		According to the message of the "Ofudesaki" by Ômotokyô's Deguchi Nao.
		The spirit world's "harmonization of heaven and earth" was said to have been completed on June 1 1930.
	www2.kokugakuin.ac.jp /ijcc/wp/cpjr/newreligions/tsushima.html (11270 words)

	Glossary of Shinto Names and Terms: O
		Ofudesaki / Emperor and World Renewal in the New Religions: The Case of Shinsei Ryûjinkai (by TSUSHIMA Michihito)
		One of the names for a folk shamaness in Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan.
		Founded by Deguchi Nao (1836-1918) and Deguchi Onisaburô (1871-1948), Ômoto involves teachings based on Deguchi Nao's automatic writing called Ofudesaki, together with spiritualism and intercessory techniques.
	www2.kokugakuin.ac.jp /ijcc/wp/glossary/def_O.html (1406 words)

	Adherents.com
		First among the new religions of Japan was Tenrikyo.
		Founded by Miki Nakayama (1798-1887), its central scriptures are three collections of her revelations: Mikagura-uta, Ofudesaki, and K-oki.
		It predates the Meiji revival of Shinto and since 1970 ahs distanced itself from the label of 'sect Shinto' acquired in 1908, in order to clarify its universal mission...
	www.adherents.com /Na/Na_626.html (2454 words)

	Tenrikyo
		Tenrikyo's focus is to have a joyous life on earth, there is limited teaching about a afterlife.
		Death is defined as "a taking off of old clothes and putting on of bright new ones (Ofudesaki VII : 7-8) which suggestive of reincarnation.
		Illness and pain of whatever kind do not exist.
	www.letusreason.org /Cults6.htm (2952 words)

	TENRI CULTURAL INSTITUTE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The people of the Society knew of Rev. Kuniharu Shimizu through his haiku listings on the internet.
		We talked about the Ofudesaki and there was interest in having a guest speaker talk about the Ofudesaki and waka poetry.
		One member also pointed out that songs and poetry from ancient times were used as an effective means of communication that was easy to understand.
	www.tenri.org /general/september05.shtml (842 words)

	Equality - World Scripture - Andrew Wilson
		Confucius said, "In education there are no class distinctions."
		Ofudesaki XIII.43-45: All mankind--the wealthy (on high mountains) and the poor (in the valleys)--emanated from one point, 'this origin:' their common ancestor was formed by God the Parent at the shrine at Tenri, navel of the world--compare the Shinto cosmogony in the Kojiki 4-6, 178.
		There they will finally return to their common root.
	www.tparents.org /Library/Unification/Books/World-S/WS-04-06.htm (2406 words)

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