Words of the Path

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Words of the Path (Complete title: Words of the Path: A Guide to Tenrikyo Terms and Expressions) is a Tenrikyo Overseas Department publication that is an English translation of Yoshikazu Fukaya’s Omichi no kotoba 『お道のことば』.

Omichi no kotoba originally ran as a series of articles in the Tenri jiho newspaper beginning in spring 1972. These articles were later compiled and published into a single volume by Tenrikyo Doyusha in 1977.

English translation of Rev. Fukaya’s articles began as early as May 1977 Work stopped and did not resume until 1995. An English translation of the entire work was published in 2009.

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"It is not an easy task to explain Tenrikyo-specific terms and expressions, which we followers commonly use, in a way that members of the general public can readily understand. This task can prove to be daunting unless we have mastered them to a considerable degree. That Rev. Fukaya accomplishes this task by naturally and unpretentiously engaging the reader speaks much of his abilities, not to mention his faith and the painstaking efforts he has put into this work.

"This book does not merely explain Tenrikyo terms and expressions, for each entry consistently exudes with the authors faith and gives the reader the impression of listening to a lecture on the teachings. In fact, I learned something from it on more than one or two occasions. I have good confidence that this work will give readers much to think about in addition to providing an excellent overview of the Tenrikyo teachings."

--Hidenobu Yamazawa, commenting on the Japanese original of this book on January 26, 1977, when he was the president of Tenri Seminary

Yoshikazu Fukaya was born in 1927. He went to Tenri Technical College of Languages (now Tenri University) and completed Tenri Graduate Seminary. He was appointed as Honbu-in in 1972. He has served as the vice-chairman of Tenrikyo Young Men's Association Headquarters, the head minister of Kawaramachi Grand Church, the superintendent of Kyoto Diocese, the president of Tenrikyo Doyusha, and Director-in-Chief of Tenrikyo Administrative Affairs. He passed away for rebirth in 2001 at the age of 74.

Table of Contents

Below is a table of contents with online versions of entries found in the publication. Note that the some of online versions of the entries were revised to some degree before going into print.

Link	Entry title	Japanese (Romanized)	Page no(s).
[1]	path	o-michi	003–4
[2]	God the Parent—God, Tsukihi, Parent	Oyagami-sama—Kami, Tsukihi, Oya	004–5
[3]	Ten aspects of the complete providence	juzen no go-shugo (tohashira no kami)	005–6
[4]	fire, water, wind	hi, mizu, kaze	007
[5]	truth / reason	ri	007–9
[6]	Truth of Origin	moto no ri	009–10
(Refer to link for "Truth of Origin")	“Where there was no form”	monkata-nai	010–1
[7]	Oyasama		011–2
[8]	Shrine of Tsukihi	Tsukihi no yashiro	012–3
[9]	Promised Time	shun-kokugen	013–4
[10]	day of origin	moto ichinichi	014–5
[11]	Jiba, the Residence, the Home of the Parent—Returning to Jiba	Jiba, Yashiki, Oyasato—o-Jiba-gaeri	015–7
[12]	original causality	moto no innen	017–8
[13]	final teaching	dame no oshie	018–9
[14]	all people are brothers and sisters	ichiretsu kyodai	019–20
[15]	respecting and helping one another	tagai tate-ai tasuke-ai	020–1
[16]	Joyous Life	yoki-gurashi	021–2
[17]	Scriptures and The Doctrine of Tenrikyo	Genten to Kyoten	022–3
[18]	Ofudesaki, The Tip of the Writing Brush		023–4
[19]	Mikagura-uta, The Songs for the Service		024–6
[20]	Osashizu, The Divine Directions		026
[21]	The Life of Oyasama	Oyasama gyoden	027–8
[22]	Divine Model	Hinagata	028–9
[23]	portals opened	tobira hiraite	029–30
[24]	leveled ground	rokuji	030–2
[25]	truth of the everliving Oyasama	Oyasama go-zonmei no ri	032–3
[26]	Anniversaries of Oyasama	nensai	033–4
[27]	Service	o-Tsutome	034–5
(Refer to link for "Service")	Service of the Kanrodai—The Stand for the Heavenly Dew	Kanrodai no Tsutome—Kanrodai	035–6
(Refer to link for "Service")	Kagura Service—Joyous Service	Kagura-zutome—Yoki-zutome	036–7
[28]	Salvation Service	Tasuke zutome	037–8
[29]	Teodori, the Dance with Hand Movements	Teodori	038–9
[30]	musical instruments and lead singer(s)	narimono, jikata	039–40
[31]	Main Service	Hon-Zutome	040–2
[32]	service practice	manabi	042–3
[33]	central pillar	Shinbashira	043–4
[34]	Service performers	Tsutome ninju	045–6
[35]	Proof Amulet	shoko-mamori	046–8
[36]	red clothes	akaki	048–49
[37]	Grant of Safe Childbirth	Obiya-yurushi	049–50
[38]	sacred gift / sacred rice	goku	050–2
[39]	Besseki Lecture	Besseki	052–3
[40]	truth of the Sazuke, the Divine Grant	o-Sazuke no ri	053–4
[41]	truth of effectiveness	kono no ri	054–5
[42]	Honseki		056–7
[43]	Sazuke bestowal / church procedure	o-hakobi	057–9
[44]	Kakisage—Post-Bestowal Lectures	o-Kakisage—Kariseki	059–60
[45]	a thing lent, a thing borrowed	kashimono, karimono	060–1
[46]	body / physical condition / illness	mijo	061–2
[47]	matter / trouble	jijo	062–3
[48]	“mind alone is yours”—world is a mirror	kokoro hitotsu ga waga no ri—sejo ga kagami	063–4
[49]	free and unlimited workings	juyo	064–5
[50]	true sincerity	makoto shinjitsu	065–6
[51]	sweeping the heart	mune no soji	066–7
[52]	dust	yattsu no hokori	067–8
[53]	miserliness	oshii	068–9
[54]	covetousness	hoshii	069–70
[55]	hatred	nikui	070–1
[56]	self-love	kawai	071–2
[57]	grudge-bearing	urami	072–4
[58]	anger	haradachi	074–5
[59]	greed	yoku	075–6
[60]	arrogance	koman	076–7
[61]	falsehood and flattery	uso to tsuisho	077–8
[62]	guidance	tebiki	078–9
[63]	care—road signs, admonition	teire—michi-ose, iken	079–81
[64]	regret of God, anger of God	Kami no zannen, Kami no rippuku	081–2
[65]	origin of illness lies in your own mind	yamai no moto wa kokoro kara	082–3
[66]	passing away for rebirth	denaoshi	084–5
[67]	causality—“every seed sown will sprout”	innen—maitaru tane wa mina haeru '	085–6
[68]	causality, self-awareness of	innen no jikaku	086–7
[69]	“I bring you together and protect you according to your causality”	innen yosete shugo-suru	087–8
[70]	repentance	sange	088–90
[71]	joyous acceptance	tanno	090–91
[72]	expressing gratitude for God the Parent’s blessings	go-onhoji	091–2
[73]	hinokishin		092–3
[74]	work	hataraku	093–4
[75]	saved by the truth of saving others	tasukeru ri ga tasukaru	094–6
[76]	sprinkling the fragrance of the teachings	nioigake	096–7
[77]	single-heartedness with God [1]	Kami-ichijo	097–8
(Refer to link above)	single-heartedness with God [2]—Sage in the village	Kami-ichijo—sato no sennin	098–9
[78]	single-hearted salvation	tasuke-ichgo	099–100
[79]	timber	Yoboku	100–1
[80]	minister	kyoto	102
[81]	single-hearted mind	hitosuji gokoro	102–4
[82]	honesty and straightforwardness	sunao	104–6
[83]	constancy is sincerity	kawaran ga makoto	106–7
[84]	one day, a lifetime	ichinichi shogai	107–8
[85]	mind of a three-year-old	sansai gokoro	108–9
[86]	convincing person	naruhodo no hito	109–11
[87]	worldly common	sekai-nami	111–2
[88]	human mind	ningen gokoro	112–4
[89]	self-centered thoughts	wagami shian	114–5
[90]	pondering and worrying	shian to anji-gokoro	115–7
[91]	upholding human obligations at the cost of neglecting God’s truth	ningen no giri o tatete Kami no ri o kaku	117–8
[92]	reservation and hesitancy	enryo kigane	118–20
[93]	discussing with one another	danji -ai	120–1
[94]	refining one another	neri-ai	122
[95]	path of each individual, each person	ichimei ichinin no michi	123–4
[96]	oneness in two	futatsu-hitotsu	124–5
[97]	unity of mind	itte hitotsu	125–6
[98]	spiritual growth	kokoro no seijin	126–7
[99]	principle of the season	shun no ri	127–8
[100]	sign coinciding with sign	aizu tate-au	128–30
[101]	resolution	kokoro-sadame	130–1
[102]	separating / decisiveness	shikiri	131–2
[103]	three years, one thousand days	sannen sennichi	132–3
[104]	construction—spiritual construction	fushin—kokoro no fushin	133–5
[105]	endless construction	kirinashi fushin	135–6
[106]	Oyasato-yakata building-complex	Oyasato-yakata	136–7
[107]	contribution and dedication [1]	tsukushi, hakobi	137–8
[108]	contribution and dedication [2]	tsukushi, hakobi	138–9
[109]	contribution and dedication [3]	tsukushi, hakobi	139–40
[110]	sowing seeds of sincerity	fusekomi	141–2
[111]	single seed multiplying ten thousandfold	ichiryu manbai	142–3
[112]	eternal truth	matsudai no ri	143–4
[113]	path of natural spontaneity / the natural and spontaneous path	tennen shizen no michi	144–6
[114]	path that is rushed without rushing	isoide isogan michi	146–7
[115]	truth of years	nengen no ri	147–9
[116]	buds sprout from knots	fushi kara me ga deru	149–50
[117]	dissatisfied mind vs. the truth of satisfaction	fusoku no kokoro, manzoku no ri	150–2
[118]	pushing up from the low valleys	tanizoko seri-age	152–4
[119]	mission to the high mountains	takayama fukyo	154–5
[120]	broad path	okan michi	155–6
[121]	“world will change to prosperity”	yonaori	157
[122]	natural term of life of one hundred and fifteen years	hyaku-jugo-sai jomyo	157–9
[123]	age fifteen	jugo-sai	159–61
[124]	filial piety	oya-koko	161–2
[125]	path of order [1]	junjo no michi	163–4
[126]	path of order [2]	junjo no michi	164–5
[127]	path of order [3]	junjo no michi	165–6
[128]	spiritual parents and spiritual children	ri no oya ko	167–8
[129]	receiving the truth of the Parent	Oya no ri o itadaku	168–9
[130]	churches and mission stations	kyokai to fukyosho	170–1
[131]	truth of a church name	meisho no ri	171–2
[132]	path conforming to the law	obo no michi	172–4
[133]	church head minister	kyokaicho	174–5
[134]	parent churches and subordinate churches	jokyu kyokai, bunai kyokai	175–7
[135]	path of second and third generations [1]	ni-dai san-dai no michi	177–9
[136]	path of second and third generations [2]	ni-dai san-dai no michi	179–80
[137]	No discrimination between female pine and male pine	mematsu omatsu no hedate-nashi	180–2
[138]	foundation of the path	michi no dai	182–3
[139]	Arakitoryo, pioneers of the path		183–4
[140]	vertical mission—successors of the path	tate no dendo—michi no kokeisha	184–5
[141]	weeding and fertilizing / tending and fostering	shuri-goe	185–6
[142]	dioceses and districts	kyoku, shibu	186–8
[143]	Tenrikyo Services	o-michi no saiten	188–91
[144]	Sechi Festival	o-Sechi	191–2
[145]	Restoration	fukugen	192–3

External link

• Tenrikyo Online — New Publication: Words of the Path