-- The Guardian Deity of Dissemination of the Truth, Good Harvest and Happiness
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SUEKAZU INARI JINJA (THE SHRINE OF THE GOD
OF HARVEST) -- The Guardian Deity of Dissemination of the Truth, Good Harvest and Happiness |
Going along the Ryugu (the Sea God's Palace)
approach through a red torii (the Shrine
Gate) and cross a red arched bridge, you
will reach to the Suekazu Inari Jinja, the
Shrine of the God of Harvest.
In March 1930, the Holy Master Dr. Masaharu
Taniguchi founded Seicho-No-Ie as a philosophical
movement by issuing the first monthly "Seicho-No-Ie"
magazine. His wife Mrs. Teruko Taniguchi
visited the Inari Shrine in Kyoto, the guardian
of business prosperity and good harvest,
to pray for the increase of its subscription
for promotion of the Humanity Enlightenment
Movement. Since then, Dr. and Mrs. Taniguchi
had offered prayers for development of the
dissemination of Seicho-No-Ie teachings for
forty-five years.
On October 19, 1974, in commemoration of
the 45th anniversary of the foundation of
Seicho-No-Ie, the Divine Spirit of Inari
was enshrined at Seicho-No-Ie Uji Temple
and opened its divinity to general public.
The Guardian of Inari, the Guardian Deity
of Good Harvest, Happiness and dissemination
of the Truth, its sacred virtues are indeed
profound, as it has shown us since the establishment
of Seicho-No-Ie Uji Temple.
