Sayo Kitamura
Sayo Kitamura (北村 サヨ; January 1, 1900 – December 28, 1967) was the Japanese founder of the "dancing religion", Tenshō Kōtai Jingūkyō (天照皇大神宮教). In the religion, she is known by her followers as Ogamisama (大神様).
Quotes
[edit]- I am in the line of Buddha and Christ. ... My religion is not grasped through schooling, or reading books.
- Kitamura, Sayo (1961) . "Tensho Kotai Jingu-Kyo (1): The Dancing Religion". Contemporary Religions in Japan 2 (3): 37. ISSN 00107557.
- Remember this. I am not God. I am just a human being. God is the one who uses me. You say Christ. Christ is everything to you. But Christ is nothing but a man. You confuse the body of Christ with God. The God who sent Christ is the Absolute God of the Universe. Christ was human as I am human. This is the point you must be very careful to understand. You will never find truth if you forget that Christ was a man. A thousands years of study is useless, if you miss this point. Keep this in mind.
- Kitamura, Sayo (1961) . "Tensho Kotai Jingu-Kyo (1): The Dancing Religion". Contemporary Religions in Japan 2 (3): 42. ISSN 00107557.
The Prophet of Tabuse (1954)
[edit]- Tensho Kotai Jingu-Kyo (1954). The Prophet of Tabuse. Tabuse: Tensho Kotai Jingu-Kyo.
- No more will Japan need Manchuria,
- Provided Japan Proper is retained,
- Satisfied should be the Japanese.
- p. 33; January 1, 1945
- Satisfied should be the Japanese.
- Oh, bring on the bombs—bring on the bombs—
- May they exterminate the maggots of this rotten world,
- And burn all their lairs to ashes, whereupon
- Let there appear God’s New Kingdom.
- p. 35; January 22, 1945
- Let there appear God’s New Kingdom.
- Awake, you maggot beggars!
- Awake, you traitor beggars!
- The Door of Heaven has now opened
- For the pious souls to enter.
- The war, fought for eight long years,
- Was designed by His wish
- To reveal the true human road
- And to convert all people to His Kingdom.
- pp. 58-9; August 16, 1945
- And to convert all people to His Kingdom.
- The object of religion is a state of non-ego;
- However, this cannot be attained if sought by ego.
- Non-ego means unselfishness, and therefore,
- Get rid of your ego if you love celestial bliss.
- p. 75
- Get rid of your ego if you love celestial bliss.
- Hear, all of you, that hereafter
- No prayer, no idol, no church, nothing
- Will be needed, as Osayo’s mouth alone
- Will teach the way to the Heavenly Kingdom.
- p. 79
- Will teach the way to the Heavenly Kingdom.
- Open your eyes, you maggot beggars;
- Open your eyes, you greedy beggars;
- Open your eyes, you traitor beggars;
- Open your eyes, you discredited militarists,
- As the door of Heaven has now opened.
- Emperor Jimmu descended on earth
- For the purpose of establishing peace.
- He succeeded because he had
- The cooperation of his people.
- The present Emperor, notwithstanding,
- Has been made a puppet,
- Kept idle in his palace by his attendants,
- And completely secluded from his countrymen.
- It was through the will of God
- That Japan was stripped of armaments.
- She was once proud of them and bragged that they were
- The best in the whole world.
- Yet militarists took shelter,
- Using a worthless Emperor as an umbrella.
- Did you not enjoy your luxurious living
- At the expense of the people?
- p. 100
- In the war of the maggot beggars’ world,
- The privates were always in the forefront of battle.
- The generals sported with sake and women,
- In the safest quarters behind the lines.
- In God’s world, the Commander is
- Always at the head of His forces
- And the comrades follow after.
- p. 101
- God made Me His Mediator
- Because a person who expounds the spiritual world
- Must have actually dwelt in it
- And from this experience expound the doctrine.
- The true religion has been subdivided
- Into thousands of different sects, but I will
- Unite them into the one true doctrine of God
- When the time comes, and it has come.
- The peace of the whole world
- Will never be attained
- Through the dead religions of the maggot world,
- Even if you repainted the signboards of your sects.
- p. 151
Ogamisama Says (1963)
[edit]- Kitamura, Sayo (1963). Ogamisama says... (1st ed.). Tabuse: Tensho Kotai Jingu-Kyo.
- The human world has degenerated with the advancement of modem civilization and the development of science.
- p. 10
- The era of merely studying philosophy or religion is over. Practicing God’s Teachings is required. Without practice, you can never go towards Heaven.
- p. 17
- Even though you accumulate a large sum of money during your lifetime, you cannot use it after death because you do not know where you will be when you are reborn.
- p. 21
- Forget that you are poor. You are most fortunate when you can be happy even if you are poor. Then your troubles become lighter.
- p. 30
- ‘Maggot beggars’ are hoggish people seeking to improve their social standing and fortune, just as maggots try to benefit themselves at the expense of others.
- ‘Beggar officials’ means people who, representing themselves as public officials, accept presents and bribes. They operate selfishly, praising or condemning others as they see fit.
- ‘Traitor beggars’ means those who do not care how their country has been ruined and who look out only for themselves.
- pp. 32-3
- A person must humble himself at least once to the very bottom of the social scale before he can rise and enter Heaven.
- p. 37
- If you are proud of your knowledge, you can never advance — not even a single step.
- p. 40
- Wherever you go, wherever you are, be with God.
- p. 42
- A truly beautiful person is one with a beautiful soul.
- p. 42
- Muga (non-ego) means to discard your selfishness and to live according to the Will of Almighty God. If you do not follow the guidance of God obediently, you will be influenced by ‘unredeemed spirits’. Evil thoughts attract evil forces so get rid of your evil thoughts. As you continuously remove your evil thoughts, you will find yourself in heavenly bliss without knowing it.
- p. 45
- This is an era of degeneration. The world has become permeated with unredeemed spirits which instigate people to quarrel with one another, cause nations to go to war, afflict people with sicknesses, and arouse anxieties. Pray to redeem these unenlightened souls. Do not pray for favors but pray for world peace.
- pp. 54-5
- If you become proud and think that you are an accomplished person, you have already fallen away from my teaching.
- p. 63
- The age of asking God for favors is over. Become an angel who can be of service to God.
- p. 64
- When you rise spiritually closer to the Almighty God, you will experience the indestructible Kingdom of God radiating light throughout the universe.
- p. 70
- Among my followers, there is no discrimination by race or color. Those who have congenial souls are brothers in the Kingdom of Heaven.
- p. 70
- Our Heavenly Kingdom is a remarkable wonderland where everything can be solved through the effective praying of Na-myo-ho-ren-ge-kyo and the sincere practice of my divine teaching.
- p. 70
- God’s Kingdom is not elsewhere. It is founded in the hearts of those who practice this teaching and thrives on courage. Others yearn for the way to Heaven, but they do not know which road leads to Heaven or which to hell. They have gone astray because they do not have a true leader to guide them.
- p. 71
- When everyone practices what I teach, the old world will fade away and a new world will emerge.
- p. 73
- There is but one God. When all the people of the world, regardless of race or color, return to the one God, peace will come.
- pp. 73-4
- It is not very difficult to put my teachings into practice because I am only teaching you how a human being should live.
- p. 77
