(This is a post recycled from 2008)
Ho! Ho! Ho! I hope everyone out there is having a Merry Christmas or other year-ending holiday of their choice — be it Chanukah, Kwanzaa, Newtonmas, or even Honseki-mas! (More on this last one below.)
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Post-26 Report (Oct 2008)
Okay, here it is, after much delay, my “Post-26 Report” for the month of October.
Seventh Installment of “Savoring the Realm of the Mikagura-uta” Lecture Series
The seventh installment of “Savoring the Realm of the Mikagura-uta” lecture series, sponsored by the Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion, was held at 13:00 on October 25. The lecturer in October was Yomei Mori sensei and he was assigned to discuss Song Two (Ni Kudari-me) of the Mikagura-uta. The title of the lecture was “Muhon no nē o kirō” (“I will cut off the root of rebellion”). Continue reading Post-26 Report (Oct 2008)
Blog (03 Dec 2008)
First things first — I admit the posts aren’t coming at a pace as they once did before I went to Honolulu for a translation conference at Hawaii Dendocho (Tenrikyo Mission Headquarters of Hawaii).
The trip and the conference itself were not bad at all (it was nice seeing friendly familiar faces I had not seen for some time); it was returning and catching up to everything once I came back that threw me in a loop for a while. I will eventually get to the “Post-26 Reports” for October and November 2008. I was mulling over stopping this monthly feature altogether, but I figured better late than never. So they will be coming. I can’t say soon but hopefully before the year ends.
Post-26 Report (Sept 2008)
Sixth Installment of “Savoring the Realm of the Mikagura-uta” Lecture Series
The sixth installment of “Savoring the Realm of the Mikagura-uta” lecture series sponsored by the Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion was held at 13:00 on September 25. (It was held on the sixth floor of the Tenrikyo Doyusha building.) The lecturer this month was Yoshitsugu Sawai sensei and he was assigned to discuss Song One (Hitokudari-me) of the Mikagura-uta. The lecture itself was entitled “Ri o fuku” (“The providences shall come forth”).
Post-26 Report (Aug 2008)
Fifth Installment of “Savoring the Realm of the Mikagura-uta” Lecture Series
The fifth installment of “Savoring the Realm of the Mikagura-uta” lecture series sponsored by the Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion was held at 13:00 on August 25. (It was held on the sixth floor of the Tenrikyo Doyusha building.) The lecturer this month was Masahiko Okada sensei and he was assigned to discuss the so-called “Section Four” or “Fourth Section” (Dai-yonsetsu) of the Mikagura-uta, also known as the Yorozuyo Hasshu (Eight Verses of the Yorozuyo).
Blog (08 Aug 2008)
Being it’s 8-8-2008 and that it has been half a year since I wrote a true blue “blog,” I feel compelled to do so, just to mark the occasion.
The Beijing Olympics have nothing to do with it, really. Eight happens to be a favorite number since childhood and there are a couple of important things I wanted to share my thoughts on.
Post-26 Report (July 2008)
Fourth Installment of “Savoring the Realm of the Mikagura-uta” Lecture Series
The fourth lecture of “Savoring the Realm of the Mikagura-uta” lecture series sponsored by the Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion was held at 13:00 on July 25. (It was held on the sixth floor of the Tenrikyo Doyusha building.) The lecturer this month was Kazuhiro Hatakama sensei and he was assigned to discuss the so-called “Section Three” or “Third Section” (Dai-sansetsu) of the Mikagura-uta:
Ashiki o harōte tasuke sekikomu ichiretsu sumashite Kanrodai
(“Sweeping away evils, hasten to save us. All mankind equally purified, the Kanrodai”).
Post-26 Report (June 2008)
Third Installment of “Savoring the Realm of the Mikagura-uta” Lecture Series
The second lecture of “Savoring the Realm of the Mikagura-uta” lecture series sponsored by the Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion was held at 13:00 on June 25. (The venue, as always was the sixth floor of the Tenrikyo Doyusha building.) The lecturer this month was Midori Horiuchi sensei and she was assigned to discuss the so-called “Second Section” or Section Two (Dai-nisetsu) of the Mikagura-uta:
Choto hanashi Kami no yū koto kiite kure
ashiki no koto wa iwan de na
kono yō no ji to ten to o katadorite
fūfu o koshirae kitaru dena
kore wa kono yo no hajimedashi
Namu-Tenri-O-no-Mikoto
(“Just a word: Listen to what God says. I never tell you anything wrong. Representing heaven and earth I have created husband and wife. This is the beginning of this world”).
Post-26 Report (May 2008)
Second Installment of “Savoring the Realm of the Mikagura-uta” Lecture Series
The second lecture of “Savoring the Realm of the Mikagura-uta” lecture series sponsored by the Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion was held at 13:00 on May 25. The lecturer this month was Yoshinori Sawai and he was assigned to discuss the so-called “First Section” or Section One (Dai-issetsu) of the Mikagura-uta: Ashiki o harōte tasuke tamae Tenri-Ō-no-Mikoto (“Sweeping away evils, please save us, Tenri-O-no-Mikoto”).
Post-26 Report (Apr 2008)
I’ve decided to write a “post-26 report” this month. We’ll see if it becomes a monthly feature here on Tenrikyology.com. But I don’t see it becoming very popular, being that this report will probably only be read by Tenrikyo nerds of the first degree. I humbly apologize in advance to everyone who I end up confusing with this report here.