The Osashizu, Divine Directions, is a seven volume record of about twenty thousand oral revelations given through Izo Iburi between 1887 and 1907, the third of Tenrikyo's three scriptures alongside the Ofudesaki and the Mikagura-uta. It carries practical guidance for the young faith rather than the poetic teaching of the Ofudesaki. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Practice
Mode of TransmissionUnlike Tenrikyo's other two scriptures, the Osashizu was not composed as continuous doctrine but delivered as answers: believers brought specific questions, about an illness, an undertaking, a church's affairs, to Izo Iburi, and scribes present at each session wrote down the response as it was spoken. The practice continued after founder Nakayama Miki's death in 1887, when followers turned to Iburi as her successor for exactly this kind of guidance. 2 Origins
Era of Compositionaround 20,0 "divine directions" delivered between January 4, 1887, and June 9, 1907 1 The Osashizu is a written record of oral revelations delivered by Izo Iburi (and, in its broader sense, Miki Nakayama) on the dates recorded here; this is the delivery date of the revelations themselves, not a later transcription of an already-old oral tradition. Connections
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Source Wikipedia: TenrikyoWikipedia contributors
Sources
1. Osashizu (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia: Osashizu, lead section
The full scripture is published in seven volumes (plus an index in three volumes) and contains around 20,000 "divine directions" delivered between January 4, 1887, and June 9, 1907.
- In Group: Japanese New Religions Scriptures
View the Source2. Wikipedia: Tenrikyo
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