Editing Tenrikyo (section)

===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>