We call God the Parent, Tenri-O-no-Mikoto.

God the Parent is God of Origin, God in Truth, who created human beings and the world where there was no form.

God the Parent revealed the divine will to humankind through Oyasama as Shrine. It is due to Oyasama that we learned of the will of God the Parent for the first time.

Oyasama is Miki Nakayama.

God the Parent created human beings to see their Joyous Life and share in it. Thus the Joyous Life is the goal of our existence.

I have come to know of God the Parent through the guidance of ...........* and have learned of the divine will. And because I desire to understand it more clearly and to fix it in my mind, I have returned to Jiba at this time.

We are taught that the Jiba is the place where God the Parent resides and where the Service for universal salvation is performed.

I desire to learn the teachings of God the Parent thoroughly at Jiba, to follow the Divine Model of Oyasama with adoration, and to bring satisfaction to God the Parent and happiness to others.

* Here, people reciting the pledge state the reason they came to know of the teachings. Examples: (1) name of the person who guided them to the teachings or invited them to the Besseki lectures, (2) "my parents' faith," (3) "illness," or (4) "personal problems."