On the day of the Autumn Grand Service on 26 October, the Shinbashira announced Instruction Four. I trust that many of you are already reading it every day. An Instruction is a special message announced by the Shinbashira for all Tenrikyo followers. If we look back on history, the first-ever Instruction was announced in December 1903, and the most recent one is the 45th one. An Instruction is intended to serve as a guideline that helps us think about what kind of frame of mind we should cultivate as we strive to follow the path during the “three years, one thousand days” period leading up t...