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Osashizu
Tenrikyo Scriptures
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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.
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Mode of TransmissionSourced to the subject's own accountUnlike 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. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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