Principles That Takahashi Preached
Takahashi advocated shinri (laws of nature prescribed by God, also called hou), which does not change even if the times change. Specifically, he stressed going back to the teachings of Buddha and Jesus Christ, and based on his own experiences, Takahashi preached the existence of souls and the great beyond. He stated that after death, the soul of each person goes off to a world that corresponds to that person's character (reflected through the amount of the soul's light; a greater amount of light represents a higher degree of harmony with God). Takahashi also advocated the practice of the hasshoudo (Noble Eightfold Path) that Buddha preached, as a method for harmonization on earth and for growth of each person’s soul. He preached self-reflection as a means to do away with the cloudiness in one’s soul (said to be created by humans' disharmonic ideas and actions) and to receive God’s light, which the soul is said to originally receive. Takahashi then emphasized the practice of ideas and actions after self-reflection.
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