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1798–1887 Japan
Nakayama Miki (June 2, 1798 – February 18, 1887), referred to by adherents as Oyasama, was a Japanese religious leader who founded the Tenrikyo religion on October 26, 1838.
Also known as: Miki Nakayama, Oyasama
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However wretched you may be, never say you are wretched, for I shall never make beggars of you.
This path cannot be followed by human thinking. It is the path that is being formed by the law of nature.
Whoever comes to this house shall never leave without being filled with joy. To Me, the Parent, all human beings in the world are My children.
Whatever I intend to do, I shall test it first on My own family.
Now I shall begin to build a new world. Celebrate the occasion with Me!
If the path is cleared from up above, can the people down below get near? If the path is cleared from down below both the people up above and the people down below can easily get near, can they not?
Whoever may come, God will not retire. It is natural that you are filled with anxieties at present, but after twenty or thirty years have passed, a day is sure to come when all of you will admit the truth of My intention.
You shall do as God of Origin wills and comply with My demand. I shall save all humankind if you will listen to Me; but if you should object to it, I shall destroy this house so completely that not a trace of it will remain.
I am God of Origin, God in Truth. There is causality in this Residence. At this time I have descended here to save all humankind. I wish to receive Miki as the Shrine of God.
There is no need for a shrine. Start building something small. [...] It is to be one square tsubo. This structure of one square tsubo is not for human habitation. [...] Additions can be made depending on your minds.