The ninth 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 December 25. The lecturer in December was Koji Sato sensei and he was assigned to discuss Song Four (Yo Kudari-me) of the Mikagura-uta. The title of the lecture was “Mune no uchi yori shian seyo” (“Ponder over it from your innermost heart!”).
A belated Happy New Year 2009 (Year of the Ox), everyone!
Many thanks to all of you for visiting the site in 2008 and to those visiting for the first time. I am always humbled that to think that people take the time to visit this site considering there are a vast multitude of activities available to them on the web. If I actually had the luxury of spending as much time as I could on the web, I probably would be watching NFL and NHL games, learning another language, or trying out online guitar tutorials.
A big thanks once again for all your visits to the site. Now on to (at least the first part of) an overdue Post-26 Report.
Okay, here it is, after much delay, my “Post-26 Report” for the month of October.
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)
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”).
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).
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”).
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”).
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”).
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.