Cao Daiism
When one thinks of the phrase "Cao Dai," they will associate it with a political group involved in protest of French rule in Vietnam, if they have ever heard of it at all. In actuality, while Cao Daiists did play a part in these protests, Cao Dai is a primarily indigenous Vietnamese religion that encompasses many other world religions but is also extraordinarily unique in its belief system and practices. Cao Dai was officially founded through a medium session in 1926 by Ngo Van Chieu (a.k.a. Ngo Minh Chieu), an official of the French colonial administration that was widely read in both Eastern and Western religion with a particular interest in spiritism (Ellwood). One of the main points of ...
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Daiists believe, God saw the violence and hatred throughout the world that not only was not solved by religions founded by people he had sent a message to, but actually because of these religions. This did not sit well with God. So, while practicing a medium session on April 24, 1926, Chieu received the following divine message: Formerly, people lacked transportation and therefore did not know each other. I then founded at different epochs and in different areas, five branches of the Great Way: Religion of Humanity, Geniism, Christianity, Taoism and Buddhism, each based on the customs of the race. In present days, transportation has been improved, and people have come to know each other better. But people do not always live in harmony because of the very multiplicity of those religions. That is why I have decided to unite all those religions into ONE to bring them to the primordial unity. Moreover, the Holy Doctrine has been, through centuries more and more denatured by the people ...
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a man, what better way to represent his Universal Salvation (Do 16-20). The question is raised here, is Chieu a prophet? Do Cai Daiists worship him as Christians do Jesus? Certainly not, taking into account what calls the "Three Revelatory Periods." The First Revelation is also called the Era of "Creation" or "Innocence." During this time, there was peace. When man was hungry, he ate; when thirsty, he drank -- nothing more (Do 22). When man began to lose his natural goodness, God sent down Moses (Christianity, Judaism, Dipankara Buddha (Buddhism), Thai Truong Dao To (Taoism), and Fu Hsi (Geniism). Greed continued to attack the soul of man, dragging him into the next era. The Era of ...
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