Seiche No Ie was founded in 1930 by Rev. Masaharu Taniguchi.
Rev. Taniguchi, was born in 1893, in Kobe, Japan. He majored in English
Literature at Waseda University in Tokyo. Because of his inborn love and
compassion for mankind, he was deeply concerned over the contradiction in life,
and his heart was troubled with the suffering of mankind. With great care and
much effort, he studied many of the philosophies and thoughts, both old and
new, of the east and west, to find answers to the problems common to all
people: "What is man?" or "What is the meaning of life?" In
1930, after extensive study, contemplation and while in deep meditation, the
new light - the Truth, was directly revealed to him.
This realization came to him as if it were a commanding voice: "All
evil things are nothingness. They could never be the product of Divine Will but
of man' s deluded mind." Everything that occurs in man's environment is a
reflection of his mind. The same is true with man's physical body."
"The Phenomena are non-existent. That which is truly real and eternal is
only God and His manifestations. Man is truly a child of God. He is already
immaculate and redeemed." He then acquired marvelous healing power. Many
were healed of their disease merely by listening to his lecture or by receiving
his visit.
At that time Rev. Taniguchi held a position as an English translator with
a certain business firm. He began to save portions of his income in
anticipation of the day when he could begin publishing a non-denominational
Truth movement magazine. However, soon after he had saved a certain amount of
funds, he fell victim to a theft. He searched within himself for the answer to
this problem, and heard intuitively a Heavenly Voice saying, "The world is
a reflection of the mind. The source of all necessary supply is already within
you. Rise now! Begin your mission now!”
Immediately after this inspiration he published the first issue of his
magazine, "Seicho-No-Ie."Surprisingly enough, this magazine brought
another sequence of marvelous healings to the readers. They recovered from
various diseases such as cancer and tuberculosis. Their home life became
harmonized. Countless blessings were brought about to them. People began to
realize that this spiritual movement was not founded by man but by God in order
to save humanity.
On June 17, 1985, at the age of ninety-one, Rev. Taniguchi made his
peaceful transition to the higher spiritual- world. Over his lifetime he wrote
more than 400 books and the Truth of Life series has surpassed the 14,000,000
mark to become an all-time bestseller.
