THE WISTERIA JAR
Tea-storage jar with an overglaze enamel design of wisteria, by Nonomura Ninsei Seventeenth century, Edo Period. Height, 28.8 cm National Treasure This tea-storage jar with four lugs is probably the best work of Nonomura Ninsei (ca. 1574 – 1660). The vessel – known popularly as Fujitsubo, or Wisteria Jar – was made by Nonomura Ninsei, […]
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In the middle of May 1931, Master Jinsai received inspiration telling Him to go worship on June fifteenth at the temple Nihon-ji, on the slopes of Mount Nokogiri, in Chiba Prefecture. Mount Nokogiri (Japanese, Nokogiri-yama) is a low mountain (329.5 mt or 1,081 ft) on the Boso peninsula on Honshu, Japan. It lies on the […]
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Following His divine possession in 1926, Master Jinsai became aware of the great mission assigned to Him by God, and on February 4, 1928, the eve of the beginning of spring, He took a major step toward devoting himself to religious life. Then three years later, in the middle of May 1931, He received inspiration […]
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With His second trip to the Kansai area, in the autumn of 1951, Master Jinsai had been to most of the important historical sites in Kyoto, so on His third tour, in the spring of 1952, He went to Nara, where He visited several places of historical interest. He visite the temple Kofuku-ji and Kasuga […]
Read moreDO GHOSTS EXIST?
Throughout the centuries opinions have been divided as to whether or not ghosts exist, and no definite conclusions have been firmly established at the present time. My own conclusion on this subject is that they do exist. I say this because I know they are real; nobody can deny something that has been proven to […]
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Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri (Italian: [duˈrante deʎʎ aliˈɡjɛːri]; Latin: Dantes), commonly known by his pen name Dante Alighieri or simply as Dante (/ˈdɑːnteɪ, ˈdænteɪ, ˈdænti/,also US: /ˈdɑːnti/, Italian: [ˈdante]; c. 1265 – 1321), was an Italian poet during the Late Middle Ages. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa (modern Italian: Commedia) and later christened Divina […]
Read moreI AM THE ONLY GUIDE
I believe it was around 1948 or 1949, during a collective interview with Meishu-Sama, that we received the following teaching: “I am the only guide”. At that moment, I realized that this statement was something very important and that I should keep this feeling, for the rest of my life, deeply within my heart. And […]
Read moreI AM A SCIENTIST OF THE SPIRIT
Though it might sound odd for me, a specialist in religion to describe myself as a scientist, yet anyone who reads this to the end will be convinced that the description is accurate. As I often say, modern science is still on a level too low to be called science at all. Contemporary science places […]
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I should like to explain the method I myself follow in keeping fit. This year I am sixty-seven years old according to the Western way of reckoning age, but I am more hale and hearty than many men in the prime of life. I frequently climb the hill on whose slopes our new headquarters is […]
Read moreSEKAI KYUSEI KYO AND MYSELF
As all members understand, our religion is quite different from all preceding religions. Though I cannot give a detailed explanation here, I should like to describe the difference briefly. Most religions in Japan are of one or two general kinds. The first kind, which is so simple as almost to fall outside the category of […]
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