Great Construction

The True Religion

     The public and private stance of a true religion should be cosmopolitanism. Any religion that targets only one nation, a single ethnic group, or a specific class is not a true religion. All that limits itself to such constructions will definitely invite conflict, and since the basis of religion is peace, the essence of religion should be to eliminate conflict. Participating in conflict itself means abrogating the essence of religion.
     Since antiquity, however, in both east and west, are many examples of religious conflict. In that sense, I identify religions that limit as shojo religions and cosmopolitan religions as daijo religions.
     So, as can be understood from the above, the daijo religion is the true religion.

Hikari, Issue 34, page 2, November 5, 1949
translated by cynndd

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“Shin no Shūkyō,” first published on the second page of Hikari, Issue 34, November 5, 1949, was reprinted while Meishu-sama still alive in the essays anthology for ministers Goshinsho: Shūkyō Hen (Divine Writings: Volume on Religion), page 323, March 25, 1954. “Shin no Shūkyō” has appeared in translation. Citation is given below for reference.

“True Religion,” Foundation of Paradise, 1984, page 134.

“The True Religion,” Meishu and His Teachings, no date [1965?], page 21.

“The Creation of Harmony,” Teachings of Meishu-sama, Volume Four, 2007, page 42.