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Đạo is a Sino-Vietnamese word for "religion," similar to the Chinese term dao meaning "path," while Mẫu means "mother" and is loaned from Middle Chinese /məuX/. While scholars like Ngô Đức Thịnh propose that it represents a systematic worship of mother goddesses, Đạo Mẫu draws together fairly disparate beliefs and practices.
Phạm Công Tắc (1890–1959) was a Vietnamese leader in the establishment and development of the Caodaism religion, founded in 1926. [1] He was the head spirit medium and chief administrator of Cadaoism in Tây Ninh. [2]
The Dao Mao movement in Northern Vietnam" (PDF), Explorations in Southeast Asian Studies, 6 (1): 27– 44; Goossaert, Vincent; Palmer, David A. (2011), The Religious Question in Modern China, University of Chicago Press, ISBN 9780226304168; Oliver, Victor L. (1976), Caodai Spiritism: A Study of Religion in Vietnamese Society, BRILL, ISBN ...
He reported directly to the Ambassador and the Defense Attaché, coordinated with South Vietnamese intelligence agencies and other U.S. intelligence activities in South Vietnam, and, in intelligence channels, reported simultaneously on most matters to USSAG, CINCPAC and the DIA. Because DAO Saigon was subordinate to USSAG in operational and ...
Vietnamese paintings depicting Taoist gods, Northern Vietnam, 1945 Statue of god Trấn Vũ in Quán Thánh Temple Taoism in Vietnam (Vietnamese: Đạo giáo Việt Nam) is believed to have been introduced into the country during the first Chinese domination of Vietnam. [1]
Before the creation of the universe there was the "dao", the infinite, nameless, formless, unchanging, eternal source. The negative and positive principles of the universe are the components of the eternal nature. [21] There are two main Gods, the Cao Đài ("Highest Lord") and the Diêu Trì Kim Mẫu or Đức Phật Mẫu ("Holy Buddha ...
A portrait of the Mẫu Địa in the Lê dynasty's costumes. Mẫu Địa Tiên (Chữ Hán: 母地仙, Mother Goddess of Earth) (not to be mistaken with Quảng Cung or Phật Mẫu Diêu Trì), Mẫu Địa (Chữ Hán: 母地) also known as Mẫu Địa Phủ or Lục Cung Thánh Mẫu (Chữ Hán: 陆宮聖母) is one of the Mother Goddesses in Đạo Mẫu (Mother Goddess religion), an ...
"Gathering the Light" from the Daoist neidan text The Secret of the Golden Flower. Taoist meditation (/ ˈ d aʊ ɪ s t /, / ˈ t aʊ-/), also spelled Daoist (/ ˈ d aʊ-/), refers to the traditional meditative practices associated with the Chinese philosophy and religion of Taoism, including concentration, mindfulness, contemplation, and visualization.