Editing Tenrikyo (section)

===="Original causality"====
At the focal point of Tenrikyo's ontological understanding is the positing of {{nihongo|"original causality," or "causality of origin"|もとのいんねん (元の因縁)|moto no innen}}, which is that God the Parent created human beings to see them live the Joyous Life (the salvific state) and to share in that joy. Tenrikyo teaches that the Joyous Life will eventually encompass all humanity, and that gradual progress towards the Joyous Life is even now being made with the guidance of divine providence. Thus the concept of original causality has a [[teleological]] element, being the gradual unfolding of that which was ordained at the beginning of time.<ref name="Kisala, p.77"/>