THE FOUNDING SPIRIT

According to the teachings of the Tenrikyo religion, God the Parent created humankind and the world out of a desire to have humankind share in the “Joyous Life.” Oyasama, Tenrikyo’s foundress, revealed the existence of God the Parent, clarifying the truth that human beings are all brothers and sisters, and demonstrating a way of life of helping one another through the path of the “Divine Model.” The mission of the University, based upon the teachings of Oyasama, is to cultivate human resources that will contribute to the construction of the world of the “Joyous Life.”