Universality of God's children

What it is: Tenrikyo affirms that all human beings are children of God-Parens.

How the tradition understands it: Human universality supports mission, care, and refusal of ethnic or national closure as the last horizon of the religion.

Textual basis and context: The principle is linked to parental language and to the universal purpose of creation.

Debates and variations: In international expansion, this theme became important for translating the tradition beyond the Japanese context.

Supportive

Texts on human universality

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Sources emphasize that all people are children of God the Parent.

Reference: Official teachings and sermons on universal humanity.
Content: The material reinforces mission, care, and the universal meaning of creation in Tenrikyo.
Use in debate: It is central for the universality of God's children.

Texts on international missions

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Documents show the religion's adaptation to other languages and cultures.

Reference: Reports and materials on international mission.
Content: The material explains how the tradition translates its own concepts and organizes communities outside Japan.
Use in debate: It is important for universality and transnational expansion.

The Doctrine of Tenrikyo

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A modern institutional synthesis of doctrine.

Reference: The Doctrine of Tenrikyo.
Content: The text systematizes teachings on God the Parent, creation, the heart, salvation, and religious practice.
Use in debate: It is a useful official source for contemporary doctrinal language.