Any Taoism here?

[coloumbiaGames]

At the temple of the Taoist Federation in Singapore, they have a rather complete pantheon of the deities there of the 三清 四御。 Jade Emperor is within the 四御. He is considered CEO along with the CFO COO CTO and monitored by the Board of Directors 三清.
Usually those with no Taoist lineage dont worship 三清 directly as they are considered too high rank for most people.

Isn’t 四御 directly below jade emperor?

1) San Qing
2) jade emperor
3 四御 - zhiwei, hou tu, tian huang etc etc

 

[Ckcw23]

Isn’t 四御 directly below jade emperor?

1) San Qing
2) jade emperor
3 四御 - zhiwei, hou tu, tian huang etc etc

What about the old gods of China like Zhu rong and Gonggong?

 

[Ckcw23]

For Taoism, where do they go to? Example, christian believe they will go heaven, buddhist will go through one of the 6 realms.

But what about Taoism?

I thought is go hell, get judged, get punished for all sins committed, if got time dilation every few seconds in help have to go back to earth for hungry ghost festival. After punish liao get ready to reincarnate, as animal like pig, cow, dog, etc, human, etc depending on sins committed, but not before drinking Mengpo's soup first, to forget about everything in past life before reincarnation?

 

[Asure7]

One of the goals of Taoism was to seek immortality, and many practices revolved around that (maybe not in modern days though).
Even in 西游记, the "immortals" ate peaches to extend their lives.
So there's no concept of going to "heaven", but rather become 仙
If there's a "heaven", it was imagined to be similar to the human realm.. with the Emperor, officials etc.. think the Jade Emperor
The concept of heaven/hell was added later due to folk religions mixed in.

And the dark side... there were sexual practices in Ming Dynasty, gather many virgin boys and girls (there is a number that is significant to them), and have a big fornication party, in order to absorb and balance the yin and yang.
Modern Taoism already become rojak, mixed with elements from other religions.


If talk about the original philosophy by Lao Tzu, one big concept is to do nothing with your life (let nature take it's course).
Don't try to be an achiever, because that causes change, and change will destabilize the society.
It's part of the Hundred Schools of Thoughts (including Confucianism that proposed obedience, and not to strive to get out of your "social caste") to help the ancient emperors control the peasants, and become part of education to help stabilize the times.

 

[Pearce]

I thought is go hell, get judged, get punished for all sins committed, if got time dilation every few seconds in help have to go back to earth for hungry ghost festival. After punish liao get ready to reincarnate, as animal like pig, cow, dog, etc, human, etc depending on sins committed, but not before drinking Mengpo's soup first, to forget about everything in past life before reincarnation?

The video I posted in the previous page did say like what you said.

That's why Buddha found a way to leave this cycle, which is to attain arahant status and leave this 6 realms

 

[Kum Jit Pow]

I think all these "teachings", "philosophy" and "religions" are just tools to control the masses. every region has their own ways of doing it. you don't get taoism or Buddhism in non Chinese area until they are spread there by Chinese, just like Christianity was unknown in China until the amdk missionary goes there. that's when "Things fall apart" if you all remember the literature book on Christianity in Africa. there are so many different religions and teachings with their own version of hell and heaven. which is the real and which is the fake is what causes war. why do they want to have as many members as possible? zoom out and you will see the big picture. whoever has the biggest congregation will be the most powerful, in terms of financial and political power.

to me it's all bovine excrement.


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