We adore God and feel a sense of intimacy by addressing God as “God the Parent” not only because God is the Parent who created and has nurtured and provided for humankind and world, but also because God’s parental love is so great that we can directly bare all our feelings–whether of joy or of sorrow–to God and completely rely on God. We pray to God by calling out the name “Tenri-O-no-Mikoto”.
God the Parent is God of Origin who created humankind and the world in the beginning, and God in Truth, who provides all the blessings such as fire, water, and wind in the world as well as warmth, moisture, and breath in the human body.
God the Parent became openly revealed in the world through Oyasama as the Shrine in order to save all people throughout the world. Thereafter, God conveyed the truth of origin of this world and taught the path to the Joyous Life–the path that is grounded in God’s work of universal salvation.