天理教語学院
Oyasato Fusekomi Department
The educational goal of this department is to nurture and train the children of overseas followers in order that they may serve as leading Yoboku in their countries and regions. Students in this department are expected to have sufficient command of Japanese and will study the teachings and cultivate their faith while sowing seeds of sincerity at the Home of the Parent. They will have the opportunity to inquire deeply into the teachings by familiarizing themselves with The Doctrine of Tenrikyo and The Life of Oyasama, Foundress of Tenrikyo as well as the Scriptures while engaging in hinokishin in the Home of the Parent so as to make progress in their spiritual growth.
The department places special emphasis on practical training. Students will not only participate in a variety of hands-on training programs in Jiba but also gain first-hand experience in missionary activities through a practical training program at a missionary house and an internship at a regional Tenrikyo church.
All students stay at their followers dormitories except during the above-mentioned missionary training and church internship. It is hoped that, by so doing, they will deepen their ties with the churches they belong to as well as further implement the teachings and improve their Japanese language skills.
The department provides a learning environment where students can interact with fellow students from different parts of the world, thus enabling them to implement and internalize the teaching that human beings are all brothers and sisters. The knowledge and experiences students gain in this department will certainly become great resources that they can draw on and apply when they seek to convey God the Parentʼs teachings and thereby guide people.
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(a) Internship at a social welfare facility
(b) Rice-planting workshop
(c) Roadside-speech practice in Osaka
(d) Internship in the Precincts Section of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters
(e) Practical training in missionary work