Sayo Kitamura Quotes

1900–1967 Japan

Sayo Kitamura (北村サヨ; January 1, 1900 – December 28, 1967) was the Japanese founder of the "dancing religion", Tenshō Kōtai Jingūkyō (天照皇大神宮教). In the religion, she is known by her followers as Ogamisama (大神様).

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When everyone practices what I teach, the old world will fade away and a new world will emerge.

Ogamisama Says (1963)

The human world has degenerated with the advancement of modem civilization and the development of science.

Ogamisama Says (1963)

If you are proud of your knowledge, you can never advance — not even a single step.

Ogamisama Says (1963)

A truly beautiful person is one with a beautiful soul.

Ogamisama Says (1963)

Wherever you go, wherever you are, be with God.

Ogamisama Says (1963)

There is but one God. When all the people of the world, regardless of race or color, return to the one God, peace will come.

Ogamisama Says (1963)

If you become proud and think that you are an accomplished person, you have already fallen away from my teaching.

Ogamisama Says (1963)

A person must humble himself at least once to the very bottom of the social scale before he can rise and enter Heaven.

Ogamisama Says (1963)

It is not very difficult to put my teachings into practice because I am only teaching you how a human being should live.

Ogamisama Says (1963)

When you rise spiritually closer to the Almighty God, you will experience the indestructible Kingdom of God radiating light throughout the universe.

Ogamisama Says (1963)

The age of asking God for favors is over. Become an angel who can be of service to God.

Ogamisama Says (1963)

The era of merely studying philosophy or religion is over. Practicing God’s Teachings is required. Without practice, you can never go towards Heaven.

Ogamisama Says (1963)

‘Maggot beggars’ are hoggish people seeking to improve their social standing and fortune, just as maggots try to benefit themselves at the expense of others.

Ogamisama Says (1963)

Among my followers, there is no discrimination by race or color. Those who have congenial souls are brothers in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Ogamisama Says (1963)

Even though you accumulate a large sum of money during your lifetime, you cannot use it after death because you do not know where you will be when you are reborn.

Ogamisama Says (1963)

Forget that you are poor. You are most fortunate when you can be happy even if you are poor. Then your troubles become lighter.

Ogamisama Says (1963)

Our Heavenly Kingdom is a remarkable wonderland where everything can be solved through the effective praying of Na-myo-ho-ren-ge-kyo and the sincere practice of my divine teaching.

Ogamisama Says (1963)

The object of religion is a state of non-ego

The Prophet of Tabuse (1954)

Oh, bring on the bombs—bring on the bombs—

The Prophet of Tabuse (1954)

In the war of the maggot beggars’ world

The Prophet of Tabuse (1954)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Sayo Kitamura (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.