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#4
Oomoto(大本)
Masayo Urasaki
03 July 2012
Today’s Class Goal
1)To Understand main stream of “Shinto”
2) To understand Oomoto’s brief history
and founder’s background.
Topics
What is Oomoto(大本)?
Founders
DVD(Oomoto no ayumi 大本のあゆみ)
Teaching and Rituals/Characteristics
Workshop
SHINTO -- Kinds of “Kami”
Yaoyorozu-no-kami(八百万の神)
1) Nature (animals, wind, fire,,,) 竜神、風神
Kaiso 開祖 founder
Mrs. Nao Deguchi(出口なお)
<1837-1918>
Seishi 聖師 Secred Teacher
Mr. Onisaburo Deguchi(出口王任三郎)
< 1871-1948 >
Founder Mrs.Nao Deguchi
Poor illiterate widower, had 8 children,
but her son and daughters had serious
trouble (sick, death, become crazy)
Nao became possessed by a god who
identified himself as Ushitora no Konjin in
1892.
She was onf of member of Konko-kyo(
金光教) like prophet.
Ofudesaki(お筆先) writing the Kami’s
words
Secred teacher ,
Mr.Onisaburo Deguchi
Born at Kameoka village, near Kyoto
Very smart called “Child prodigy”
Practice at Mountain, Calm down the spirit
and Trance (鎮魂帰紳)
Meet Mrs.Nao and married Nao’s daughter.
Become Charismatic Leader, not only
religious but Social Reforem(世直し)
Edit the Nao’s writing as”Oomoto-shinnronn
(大本神論-oomoto shinyu/ theoty of Gods of
Oomoto)
The Four Principles
1. Purity, purification of mind and body
2. Optimism, believing in the goodness of the Divine Will
3. Progressivism, way of social improvement
4. Unification, the reconciliation of all dichotomies