Editing Tenrikyo (section)

==Texts==
===Scriptures===
The {{nihongo|three scriptures|三原典|sangenten}} of Tenrikyo are the {{Transliteration|ja|[[Ofudesaki]]}}, {{Transliteration|ja|[[Mikagura-uta]]}}, and {{Transliteration|ja|[[Osashizu]]}}.

The {{nihongo3|"Tip of the Writing Brush"|おふでさき|Ofudesaki}} is the most important Tenrikyo scripture. A 17-volume collection of 1,711 {{Transliteration|ja|[[waka (poetry)|waka]]}} poems, the {{Transliteration|ja|Ofudesaki}} was composed by the foundress of Tenrikyo, Miki Nakayama, from 1869 to 1882.

The {{nihongo3|"The Songs for the Service"|みかぐらうた|Mikagura-uta}} is the text of the {{nihongo|[[Service (Tenrikyo)|Service]]||otsutome}}, a religious [[ritual]] that has a central place in Tenrikyo.{{efn|The importance of the Service to Tenrikyo followers can be appreciated if one understands that the main theme of the {{Transliteration|ja|Ofudesaki}}, the most important of the three Tenrikyo scriptures, has been described as "a development toward the perfection of {{Transliteration|ja|Tsutome}}, the Service, through which, alone, human salvation can be realized."<ref>See Inoue and Eynon, ''A Study of the Ofudesaki'', xix.</ref>}} During the Service, the text to the {{Transliteration|ja|Mikagura-uta}} is sung together with dance movements and musical accompaniment, all of which was composed and taught by Nakayama.

The {{nihongo3|"Divine Directions"|おさしづ|Osashizu}} is a written record of oral revelations given by [[Izo Iburi]]. The full scripture is published in seven volumes (plus an index in three volumes) and contains around 20,000 "divine directions" delivered between January 4, 1887 and June 9, 1907.<ref>Tenrikyo Overseas Department, trans. 2010. ''A Glossary of Tenrikyo Terms'', p. 72. Note: This work presents an abridged translation of the ''Kaitei Tenrikyo jiten'', compiled by the Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion and published in 1997 by Tenrikyo Doyusha Publishing Company.</ref>

According to [[Shozen Nakayama]], the second {{Transliteration|ja|Shinbashira}} (the spiritual and administrative leader of Tenrikyo), the {{Transliteration|ja|Ofudesaki}} "reveal[s] the most important principles of the faith," the Mikagura-uta "come[s] alive through singing or as the accompaniment" to the Service, and the Osashizu "gives concrete precepts by which the followers should reflect on their own conduct."<ref>"The Various Forms of Verbal Evolution in Tenrikyo Doctrine" that was presented at the 10th Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions held in Marburg in 1960.</ref>

===Supplemental texts to the scriptures===
The {{nihongo|supplemental texts to the scriptures|準原典|jungenten}} constitute three officially sanctioned texts which, along with the scriptures, are used to instruct students and adherents of Tenrikyo. They are required texts for students enrolling in Tenrikyo's seminary programs, such as the three-month {{nihongo|"Spiritual Development Course"|修養科|Shuyoka}}.

''[[The Doctrine of Tenrikyo]]'' is Tenrikyo's official [[doctrine]], which explains the basic teachings of Tenrikyo. ''[[The Life of Oyasama|The Life of Oyasama, Foundress of Tenrikyo]]'' is Tenrikyo's official [[hagiography]] of Miki Nakayama. The ''[[Anecdotes of Oyasama|Anecdotes of Oyasama, Foundress of Tenrikyo]]'' is an official authorized [[anthology]] of anecdotes about Nakayama that were passed down orally by her first followers and later written down and verified.

===Other texts===
{{Further|Tenrikyo creation myth#Composition}}

The ''kōki'' (こふき or 後紀) are manuscripts of creation narratives dictated by Nakayama Miki that are not part of the official canon of Tenrikyo scriptures. Today, they are rarely read and circulated. The ''[[Doroumi Kōki]]'' is one such ''kōki'' (古記); there are also various other ''kōki'' texts that were composed from 1881 up until Nakayama Miki's death in 1887.<ref name="Murakami explanation">{{Cite book |title=Honmichi fukei jiken: tennōsei o taiketsu shita minshū shūkyō ほんみち不敬事件 : 天皇制と対決した民衆宗教 |publisher=講談社 |year=1974 |author=Murakami, Shigeyoshi 村上重良 |language=ja |pages=268}}</ref>