Introduce yourself

admin · Site Admin Joined: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: 10

All members should make their introduction here, so I'll start...

My name is Yuji, for those of you that don't know me, I'm a computer 'geek' not 'nerd'. (There is a difference). I've live in San Diego, the most beautiful city ever, where I spend my days working to pay for school. I'm currently going for my BS in Computer Engineering, which I hope finish in the near......decade or so. Rolling Eyes

I started this forum in January 2004 in hopes that I can make a contribution to the Tenrikyo church by setting up a powerful tool for everyone to use to communicate ideas, questions, suggestions, and just a means to talk everyday stuff with their pals. The original forum didn't get updated much, at all, and I just didn't have the time to get it kicked off right. Now that I'm on summer break with extra time on my hands, I'm putting my spare time into this website and I hope everyone can make use of this forum. Please don't be afraid to share your ideas with me or the rest of the forum. Thanks for joining the community.

PasakonOtaku · Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:32 pm Post subject: Hi

This is the admin's moderator's account.....weird huh? (eh? for you Canadians) laughing6

btw, thank you katcam, for the introduction idea.
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jacky jacky · Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 12:15 am Post subject: I guess I�ll go next�

Firstly: *clap*clap*clap*clap*clap

Huge round of applause for the admin � great job with the website, Yuj! I was thoroughly impressed when I saw this.

Hi Everyone on the Internet!!! My name�s Jacky Kokuryo � I�m from Vancouver, BC, Canada (which is much prettier than SD, but comes with a lot of rain) and am writing from Daegu, South Korea where I�ve been for six and a half months, improving my Korean and Konglish while my students pretend to learn ESL.

My motivations for being part of this:
1. I didn�t want to see my buddy burnout.
2. To learn more about computers, the Internet, operating websites � areas where my portfolio could use bulking up.
3. To keep in touch with y�all because I do plan to return some day!
4. Plus, I wonder if you think about what I think about�

Please feel free to peruse my pics (are they up yet?) � I welcome any comments or questions you might have.

Also, I�m interested to know who you are that�s reading this - so don�t be shy! Send me a PM if you prefer. Hope to hear from you soon!!

Damen_Hamada · Newbie Joined: 24 Jun 2006 Posts: 13 Location: Sac, Cal

hi, my name is Koji damen hamada, i live in sacramento and im 5'3

yea i pretty much told yuji how to make one of these. he doesnt know anything about computers.

PasakonOtaku · Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 9:34 pm Post subject:

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jacky jacky · Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 9:40 pm Post subject: hello newbie

nice work, koj! *clap *clap *clap

lewdev · Regular Member Joined: 29 Jun 2006 Posts: 74

Lewis Nakao
Pearl Church / Tengen Bunkyokai (directly under honbu)

In Hawaii for the summer. Currently attending Southern Oregon University going for my BS in Computer Science. I'm interested in Web developement and hopefully will have time to develop a Tenrikyo resource website in the near future and other sites when I have time.
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jacky jacky · Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:54 am Post subject: hi lewis!

long time no see -
nice to have you on board, lewdev

hiroko · Newbie Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 16 Location: Hollywood

Hi! My name is Hiroko. I live in Hollywood.

I originally started making a simple web page to try to promote Tenrikyo in 2002.
http://www.geocities.com/hiroko01302001/index.html
I didn�ft get to update that site much.

Then, in November 2004, I started my blog to try to create more interaction.
http://tenrikyo.blogspot.com/
I really believe that it's important to discuss our faith in order to really be able to grasp it for oneself.

For some reason, people would tell me, �I saw your blog,� but wouldn�'t actually respond in the blog. I�'m still trying to get people to communicate, but mostly use it to disseminate information.

I love doing this kind of stuff and would do it all day, but alas, I have a day job (taking care of the church as the wife of a minister) and two little kids (3-year-old and 10-month-old boys), so I don�ft get to update info as much as I would like.

I was really thrilled to see this Forum and hope to be able to actively participate in it. Thanks for putting this together! Great job!!
Very Happy

jacky jacky · Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 12:26 pm Post subject: welcome!

Hi Hiroko!
I've visited your blog;
Great to see you here -
Enjoy the forum!

Skais · Newbie Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Posts: 10

hello Steven Kaiser here, checkin in while i have computer time. holla

jacky jacky · Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:04 am Post subject: hi

hi steven;
nice to meet you. sorry for the late response - i've been out of the country and away from my computer...
thanks for joining and enjoy the forum!

PasakonOtaku · Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 10:30 am Post subject: Sup!

Hey! Steel Balls Steve is in da house!
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Pphilip · Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 12:51 pm Post subject: Introduction:

I got here through xanga, the Tenrikyo for dummies blogring. After looking at one blog I press the link and got to this forum. Basically at xanga there was not much about Tenrikyo discussed. Having taken a "vacation" from Tenrikyo for about 15 years maybe there have been some changes since I'v e been gone?

Looks like some Tenrikyo traits are present, drinking, smoking and having babies but we'll see if there can be more to Tenrikyo than meets the eye.

My ex-wife brought me to Tenrikyo and it seems like my daughters have not been too active in Tenrikyo. Right now I am going to check out the rest of the forum befor e saying anything more.
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jacky jacky · Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 12:57 am Post subject:

Hi Pphilip,
Welcome to the forum ~
Thanks for all the posts!

Grrrrrr....SEA-TAC!!!!!!! · Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:11 pm Post subject: WUTZ UP?????

This Grant from Seattle, for all those who went to the forum in July that's sensei to you hahaha.
I've with Tenrikyo for 6 years, but it wasn't until I saw the grandness of the Jiba that I decided to make more of an effort to bring more people in and to study more about the teachings.
I feel strongly towrds the relationship between Oyasama Oyagamisama Mitamasama and myself.
That's just a small amount of who I am.

So as a challenge to all who read this, and the forum people already know, Please try wearing your Hapi once a month everywhere for a day. Break out of your shells and meet new people so that we may spread the teachings to everyone.

PCE out

jacky jacky · Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 10:01 pm Post subject:

Hi Grant from Seattle!

Pphilip · Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 9:20 pm Post subject: Mitamasama?

I guess Ive been away too long never heard of that word. I also wonder about the use of the names of the fish instuments Isonami, igonami or some sort of names... I notice that the Wiki article has no mention of the names.

Any way Grr seatac sensei are you otherwise known on xanga too? Anyway thanks for the introduction, clap, clap, clap
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jacky jacky · Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:31 am Post subject:

Hi Kashif,

I'd perused through the TUK website a while back and emailed Rev. Matsui about it (with compliments) and this forum site. He said he'd introduce it to members in the UK. It's a pleasure to see you here!

Jacky

jacky jacky · Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:40 am Post subject: outro

Hi Everyone,

I'm going to be moving around the next little while so I wanted to take this opportunity to say bye for now! Take care and I hope to catch up with you all again later.

Jacky

Roy T Forbes · Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:13 pm Post subject: firstpost

I finally got the nerve to post! I signed up last week maybe but I didn't see this section until today. I found out about it from Mr. Yuji Hamada himself at the Forum this summer 169. It's good to see the diversity of all the members. But here is my jiko shokai (self introduction):
I am Roy Tetsuo Forbes, originally from Honolulu, not as special as San Diego or Vancouver unfortunately, but it was home for most of my life. I have spent some time in New York (albiet five months) but I am probably in Jiba for the long haul. I was NEET for a while (not in education, employment, or training) but I now work for Honbu, the Overseas Department, Translation Section. I would like to use the Forum here to get a feel for what kinds of changes in terminology are needed to have people who aren't fluent in Japanese to understand the Teaching better (but know that we are stuck with some terminology for the time being)
I remember taking up Grant's challenge to wear a happi all day once a month but it doesn't add to much here! I guess I need to get out more. Smile

PasakonOtaku · Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 1:20 am Post subject:

Welcome, I'm very happy to see you on board!
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Pphilip · Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 7:03 pm Post subject: Hi Roy

There is a tremendous need to translate Japanese into English. At Dendocho they had some translating teams working in the '80s and it was interesting.

I don't know how long you have been in Tenrikyo and so I am reluctant to ask you questions. Instead I hope you keep coresponding to this forum, feel free to expres ideas and thoughts here.
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makes work easier and done worthy
One's joyous life will come about,
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Roy T Forbes · Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 1:37 pm Post subject: background

Maybe I should include a little more of my background in Tenrikyo. I am a third-generation follower, so I more or less grew up in the faith with my mother's influence, but I wasn't very knowledgable of what Tenrikyo was about until I entered Shuyoka exactly seven years ago. I never went to the Oyasato Seminar, unlike other followers of my generation. But I went to Shuyoka after graduating from college, just when I needed some direction in my life. I did hinokishin about a year at the Overseas Department, North America-Oceania Section (old name America I). I then entered the first half of the head ministers qualification course (koshu zenki) before returning to Hawaii. I was Hawaii Dendocho as a live in seinen for ten months. I then went back to college, the UH Religion Department and I studied Tenrikyo for my MA thesis. I finished the head ministers course (koki) last year, where I met my wife and spent Jan to May this year at Tenrikyo New York Center as a temporary live-in seinen. Tenrikyo is an indispensible part of my life especially that I am married now and my wife expecting. I wouldn't know where I'll be without it. I probably wouldn't have been born in the first place, but that's a story I'll save for later.
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lewdev · Regular Member Joined: 29 Jun 2006 Posts: 74

Wow, Roy! I didn't know you got married! Congratulations! Sorry for it being late but it's good to hear!
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Roy T Forbes · Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 8:06 pm Post subject:

Thanks, Lewis. Don't worry if you didn't know, it was fairly recent and low-key. We just filed the papers, we will have the ceremony next year after the baby is born. Hope to see more of your posts on this site! Very Happy

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D2007 · Echinoderm Joined: 14 Jan 2007 Posts: 5

Hi everyone! My name is Diane and I live in southern California. I just found this site today and am very excited about it. I hope to share thoughts with all of you. Wink

Pphilip · Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 8:09 pm Post subject: Welcome Diane!

I also am based in Southern California. I went to Jiba and haven't done much with Tenrikyo.

However I am very good at internet search and not too lazy to blog. However we do need feedback here and try to meet the needs of others and not just ourselves.

Hopefully your excitement will translate into more articles and things of interest to the Tenrikyo community. Some of the visitors have tried their hand at writing in the Wikipedia article on Tenrikyo.

Another portion was devoted to Korean Tenrikyo. Hopefully someone will write more on the Southern California Tenrikyo movement.
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hinokishin without a thought
makes work easier and done worthy
One's joyous life will come about,
amazingly without a doubt.

Roy T Forbes · Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 6:28 pm Post subject: Welcome!

Welcome to the club, Diane! I've already seen a few of your posts, and it is always a pleasure to see new people contributing to the ongoing discussions we are having here, especially after the fact that we were interrupted by an unrelenting stream of spammers who apparently were only interested in advancing their dust-inspired agenda. Hope to see more of your posts!
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PasakonOtaku · Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:43 pm Post subject:

Wooo Hooooo! Another in So-Cal. (sorry everyone this exclues :p)

Welcome Diane! I am very happy you are with us.
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kitsune · Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:09 pm Post subject: Gary from Michigan/London

Hi! My name is Gary, I go to Michigan State in East Lansing, Michigan... my permanent home used to be in Chicago, but my family moved to London, England just a few months ago.

Now I live in both places! I also still visit Chicago every once and a while...

As far as Tenrikyo is concerned, I don't really have any experience in it during this life (although I wouldn't be surprised if I did in my last one). Right now, I'm suffering from the top-heavy mindset that is brought about by having access to a huge library, but no church -- I have a good deal of knowledge about Tenrikyo in my head, but very little "personal experience".

PasakonOtaku · Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:20 pm Post subject:

Hi Gary, and welcome to the forum! Sorry about the log in trouble... If you have any questions, send me a message or post it openly in the forum.
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Sho-chan · Echinoderm Joined: 22 Aug 2006 Posts: 1 Location: Chicago

Hello, I'm Gregory from Chicago, IL.
I am going to Oyasato Seminar soon.

Pphilip · Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 6:38 am Post subject: Welcome

So where is the lecture going to be at? You ready to travel?

You'll get as much out of it as you put in.....
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hinokishin without a thought
makes work easier and done worthy
One's joyous life will come about,
amazingly without a doubt.

Roy T Forbes · Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 12:09 am Post subject:

Welcome to Tenrikyo Forum, Gergory! Hope to see more of your posts in the future.

Certainly, the name "Oyasato Seminar" is kind of misleading. People who know nothing about it would assume it would be a morning or afternoon lecture or something of the sort. But they've been using for 20+ years, so go figure.

I guess it would be best described as an annual summer course for youths of high-school seniors/college freshmen-age to become Yoboku, or recepients of the Sazuke. A lot of classes on the teachings, Hand Dance, practical sessions engaging in nioigake (door-to-door missionary work) among many other activities. Here is a link to an article about last year's Seminar:

http://www.tenrikyo.or.jp/kaiden/newsletter/html/200607/os_2006.html

Aryaman · Echinoderm Joined: 10 May 2009 Posts: 1

Hello from Ukraine. I'm Serge, live in Dnepropetrovsk city. Glad to be a member of forum and to know more about Tenrikyo. Pity, we haven't any Tenri group here but thanks to Internet this problem is not so serious.
Best wishes to all!

Pphilip · Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 7:40 am Post subject: Hello Aryaman

It has almost been a month but sorry for the late welcome. So where did you hear about Tenrikyo? I checked the google search and the last note on tenrikyo news was that the Judo team from Tenri visited France.

Maybe you heard that Tenri is a great place for Judo?

I really haven't heard much about the work of Tenrikyo in Europe besides the center in France and England.

Well if Ukraine needs some rain, maybe Tenrikyo could send a missionary to help ask for rain? Nonetheless Tenrikyo Missionaries are helpful in both medical and spiritual healing....
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hinokishin without a thought
makes work easier and done worthy
One's joyous life will come about,
amazingly without a doubt.