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468:) that are believed to predetermine the founding of Tenrikyo's teachings. More precisely, these casualties are the fulfillment of the promise that God made to the models and instruments of creation, which was that "when the years equal to the number of their first born had elapsed, they would be returned to the Residence of Origin, the place of original conception, and would be adored by their posterity." The "Causality of the Soul of Oyasama" denotes that Miki Nakayama had the soul of the original mother at creation ( 1375: 1365: 1064: 1056: 329:
bad deed contribute to bad karma and future suffering. Causality upholds this basic tenet of karma; in the same manner, a person experiences good and bad causality. In Tenrikyo, the concept is encapsulated in the farming metaphor, "every seed sown will sprout." Causality also upholds another basic tenet of karma, which is that this personal responsibility carries over many deaths and rebirths of the soul.
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is a way of settling the mind – it is not to merely resign oneself to one's situation, but rather to actively “recognize God’s parental love in all events and be braced by their occurrence into an ever firmer determination to live joyously each day.” In other words, Tenrikyo emphasizes the importance
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stands, is the place that humankind was conceived. The "Causality of the Promised Time" indicates that October 26, 1838 – the day when God became openly revealed through Miki Nakayama – marked the time when the years equal to the number of first-born humans (900,099,999) had elapsed since the moment
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is related to the principle of original causality. Individual causality is divine providence acting to realize the original causality of the human race, which through the use of suffering guides individuals to realize their causality and leads them to a change of heart and active cooperation towards
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Kisala, Robert. "Contemporary Karma: Interpretations of Karma in Tenrikyō and Risshō Kōseikai." Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, Vol. 21, No. 1 (Mar., 1994), pp. 73-91: "In accord with traditional karmic understanding, it is the accumulation of bad innen that is offered as the explanation for
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Broadly speaking, karma refers to the spiritual principle of cause and effect where intent and actions of an individual (cause) influence the future of that individual (effect). In other words, a person's good intent and good deed contribute to good karma and future happiness, while bad intent and
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is related to the teaching of a thing lent, a thing borrowed, in that when a person's physical body dies, the soul is returning to God the body that has been borrowed from God. This allows the soul to accept a new body to be lent by God and thus reenter the physical world. Though the reborn person
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from divine providence for past misdeeds, but rather as a sign of encouragement from divine providence for the individual to reflect on the past and to undergo a change of heart. The recognition of the divine providence at work should lead to an attitude of
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which has corrupted its nature. However, due to the freedom given to the human mind, the mind regularly forgets its original nature and acts contrary to God's intention for human beings to live joyously together. These behaviors are referred to as dusts
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is owned by the individual; therefore, Tenrikyo's understanding of human nature is essentially mental. The concept is closely connected with other teachings related to anthropology such as dusts of the mind, rebirth, and causality.
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has different implications in Tenrikyo because its understanding of creation and salvation are distinct from that of Buddhism. To make this distinction clear in writing, Tenrikyo discourse typically renders the term in
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has no memory of the previous life, the person's thoughts and deeds leave their mark on the soul and are carried over into the new life as the person's causality (see section on causality).
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is like taking off old clothes in order to put on new ones, an image that emphasizes the materiality of the body. Human beings are given countless opportunities to realize the world of the
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The mind lies somewhere within the human body and the mind perceives the world through it. Tenrikyo's teachings do not precisely define what the mind is (e.g.
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In Tenrikyo, God shows how well one's mind is being handled by reflecting the state of the mind in the body. This is the principle behind divine guidance (
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In Tenrikyo, the entire human body is sustained by the providence of God. Tenrikyo's doctrine categorizes God's complete providence into ten aspects (
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Nakajima, Hideo (1963). "On the teaching of "Things lent, things borrowed" – The foundation of the problem of faith –".
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Tenrikyo's teachings maintain that the original, fundamental nature of the human mind is clear and pure. There was no
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of maintaining a positive inner disposition, as opposed to a disposition easily swayed by external circumstance.
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Tenrikyo's doctrine explains that an individual's suffering should not be perceived as punishment or
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The core teaching regarding humankind's relationship to God is "a thing lent, a thing borrowed" (
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Iida, Teruaki (1963). "Tenrikyo and humanism – Humanism and the meaning of corporeality –".
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the establishment of the Joyous Life, the world that was ordained at the beginning of time.
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element, being the gradual unfolding of that which was ordained at the beginning of time.
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from Buddhism and shares the fundamental notions of karma with Buddhism, the concept of
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is "a thing lent" by God and "a thing borrowed" by the human individual. Only the
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At the focal point of Tenrikyo's ontological understanding is the positing of
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Index

Tenrikyo
humanity
God
Tenrikyo theology
social science
anthropology
human body
mind
consciousness
self
brain
fall of man
miserliness
covetousness
hatred
anger
self-love
greed
arrogance
digestive system
respiratory system
water cycle
wind
natural phenomena
reincarnation
Indian religions
Hinduism
Buddhism
Jainism
reincarnation

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