The main aim of this thesis is to create a description of a religious group called Tenri kyō. To achieve this goal, I decided to research the history and teachings of Tenri kyō.
This thesis consists of three chaptersKROPKA the first
of which presents the historical background that allowed Tenri kyō to emerge, including relations between existing religions and their believers. Tenri kyō was born GRUPA RELIGIJNA SIE URODZILA? in the first half of the 19th century, when Buddhism and Shinto were controlled by the state and failed to answer the religious needs of poor peasants and townsmen who suffered from famine and illness JEDNA CHOROBE? resulting from it.
The second chapter concerns the process of developing PROCES ROZWIJANIA RELIGII? a small, local religion that Tenri kyō himself adhered to during its creation, to NIE ROZUMIEM 'TO' creating an institutionalized religion that has churches in the whole country. Tenri kyō was created in 1838, when Nakayama Miki experienced divine possession and following the will of God started to cure illnesses and preach about divine salvation. The prospects of recovery from illness and promised by God PRZEDS RZECZOWNIKIEM NIE MOZE BYC WYRAZENIA Z PRZYIMKIEM affluent life became a main reason FOR CIAGLY WZROST
that the number of followers was steadily increasing. In the Meiji period Tenri kyō became a target of
the state repression, which forced
the Tenri kyō’s leaders to modify the doctrine in order to protect the church and followers. The end of World War II brought to Japan religious freedom, which allowed religious leaders to restore the doctrine to its original state. Liberation from the state control resulted in the development of Tenri kyō and increase IN the number of churches to 14 200 in 1954.
The third chapter is a depiction of the Tenri kyō dogma based on the publications of Tenri kyō Dōyūsha. Tenri kyō followers believes<-GRAMATYKA in Tenri Ō, who is the only God and a JEDEN Z WIELU? creator of humans and the whole world. God promises that as long as people follow his instructions and worship him through religious ceremonies,
the salvation will come.
The salvation is defined as never-ending process of reborn=TO JEST IMIESLOW after living A free-of-illness and affluent life that lasts 115 years.
In the fourth chapter, Tenri kyō is compared with other Japanese religions by verification of the statement made by Hori, who claims that new religions arose NA PEWNO W SIMPLE PAST? from folk religion. It cannot be denied that Tenri kyō represents some unique religious views on God, human being and the world, but aN EMPHASIS on rituals that aim at attaining worldly benefits and accepting the role of a shaman constitute the link that connects Tenri kyō with LITERA japanese folk religion LICZBA POJEDYNCZA CZY MNOGA?.
The appendix includes translations of a religious text called Mikagura that was used during religious ceremonies, and Moto no ri, in which the story of both humans and the world on ZLY PRZYIMEK, A NAJLEPIEJ WHERE which they live came into being OPOWIESC POWSTALA?.