1. CaoDai: Religion Of Many Spirits [laze.net] Thoroughly researched paper about cao dai. http://www.laze.net/culture/caodai.html

new blog photos misc ... contact Search > CaoDai: Religion of Many Spirits for Dr. Ryang Asian Civilization II April 11, 1997 When one thinks of the phrase "CaoDai," 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 CaoDaiists did play a part in these protests, CaoDai is a primarily indigenous Vietnamese religion that encompasses many other world religions but is also extraordinarily unique in its belief system and practices. CaoDai was officially founded through a medium session 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 CaoDaiism can be seen as early as this point in its history: it is a religion not founded by a man like Islam, Christianity, and Buddhism were, but rather by God (Dai Dao) himself. In the past, God has sent His message via prophets and messengers. He sent His word to Muhammad through the angel Gabriel. Before that he gave the world his son Jesus Christ who had a direct communication with God. And after attaining "supreme enlightenment" Sidhartha Sakyamuni (today known as "the" Buddha) gave man the Dharma he could not conceive before (Do 15). However, 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 religion. This did not sit well with God.

2. CAO DAI Small section of a larger religion project by Laura Clark and Suzanne Brown. http://mcel.pacificu.edu/as/students/vb/Caodai.htm

Cao Dai Cao Dai is an attempt to create a perfect synthesis of world religions. It is a combination of Christianity, Buddhism , Islam, Confucianism, Hinduism, Geniism, and Taoism . Established in the Southern regions of Vietnam in the early 1920's, the religion was officially codified in 1926. The functioning center of Cao Daism is located in the Tay Ninh province. Cao Dai literally means high tower or palace, a metaphor for the spender of spiritual growth. The central philosophy of Cao Daism pertains to the duty that the faithful perform for themselves, their family, society and the world at large. Much like Confucianism , this element of the Philosophy pertains to how the individual functions within the context of the community. Other elements of Cao Dai philosophy are more clearly influenced by Buddhism and Hinduism. The Cao Dai faithful are expected to renounce materialism in order to more fully cultivate their spiritual growth. Similar to the Buddhist concept of Samsara , the material world is seen as a distraction to the greater goal of enlightenment. Also similar to Buddhist belief is the use of the device of Karma Cao Daism also reflects some of the more ancient belief systems of worship in Vietnam. Believers are expected to worship God, superior spirits, and ancestors. This spiritualism is reminiscent of the

3. Cao Dai Starting point for the cao dai religion. Includes a FAQ and full history. http://www.caodai.org/

Register Login English Tiếng Việt ... Announcement Home The noble effort of CaoDai is to unite all of humanity through a common vision of the Supreme Being, whatever our minor differences, in order to promote peace and understanding throughout the world. CaoDai does not seek to create a gray world, where all religions are exactly the same, only to create a more tolerant world, where all can see each other as sisters and brothers from a common divine source reaching out to a common divine destiny realizing peace within and without. CaoDai is a universal faith with the principle that all religions have one same divine origin, which is God, or Allah, or the Tao, or the Nothingness, one same ethic based on LOVE and JUSTICE, and are just different manifestations of one same TRUTH.

4. Http://www.Caodai.net - Caodai Overseas Missionary - Mission Etrangere Du Caodai cao dai philosophy is (All religions are One). There is only One GOD, veneratedunder different names, so indirectly we are all brothers and sisters. http://www.caodai.net/

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6. CAO DAI cao dai cao dai is an attempt to create a perfect synthesis of world religions. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

7. Cao Dai Religion Of Many Spirits Thoroughly researched paper about cao dai. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

8. More To Learn About CaoDaism Learn More About CaoDai Organization Around the World InfoLink It is calledCaoDai. cao dai is a temporary name that the Supreme Being has used through http://www.caodai.org/about.htm

Learn More About CaoDai Organization Around the World InfoLink What is CaoDaism? CaoDaism, a novel religion originating in Southeast Asia, recognizes God as Source of the Universe and all souls, origin of all religions, Whom manifested differently at different epochs and is called by myriad Names. It is a universal religion which considers all religions One. It teaches human beings, who have all sprung from the same Source, to live in harmony, in love, in justice and in peace, in universal sisterhood and brotherhood, to cultivate themselves to seek and be reunited with God in their hearts. CaoDaism propounds that God has come and expressed Himself in a new Way, Dai Dao Tam Ky Pho Do, or CaoDaism, in 1926 in Vietnam. The philosophy of CaoDaism is the essence of many religions united. Cao Dai literally means Supreme Palace or Abode on High (where God reigns). Figuratively, the word Cao Dai is used as God's symbolic name. IS THERE A UNIVERSAL RELIGION? Yes, there is. It is called CaoDai. Cao Dai is a temporary name that the Supreme Being has used through

9. Cao Dai Starting point for the cao dai religion. Includes a FAQ and full history. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

10. CAODAISM Dao cao dai (Caodaism in English) is the third largest religion in Viet Nam (after Buddhism and Roman Catholicism). "Cao" means "high"; "Dai" means http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

11. Cao-Dai Giao Ly Dai Dao Tam Ky Pho Do Vietnamese, with some in French and English http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

12. Twist Of Fait Accomplis: PBS On Cao Dai PBS Religion Ethics aired a piece on cao dai this past weekend (it s To find out more about cao dai, I point you to CaoDai Religion of Many Spirits http://www.laze.net/fait/archive/2003/07/07/pbs_on_cao_dai.php

new blog photos misc ... contact Search > twist of fait accomplis Main July 07, 2003 PBS on Cao Dai PBS' aired a piece on Cao Dai this past weekend (it's replaying several times this week, as well). It was kind of neat to see such an obscure religion given this amount of attention. A few people I know (Dr. Hum Bui and Ngasha Beck) were interviewed and one woman featured was even filmed while she was communicating with the spirits of her dead parents. It provides a good overview of the religion and all its interesting little quirks. To find out more about Cao Dai, I point you to " CaoDai: Religion of Many Spirits ," a paper I wrote in 1997. The aforementioned PBS link also contains a number of interesting links, including an NPR piece and an extensive 10-page 2002 article from the Dallas Observer titled " The Spirits Move Them ." The two books I'd recommend checking out are CaoDai: Faith of Unity and Conversations with Eternity , a book that chronicles Victor Hugo's spiritism sessions. 01:45 PM Comments I've been playing way too much Dynasty Warriors 4. Every time I see Cao Dai, I keep wondering if he was related to Cao Cao, Cao Pi, Cao Ren, etc. Posted by: Rob on July 8, 2003 09:42 AM

13. Cao-Dai Overseas Missionary cao dai philosophy is (All religions are One). There is only One GOD, venerated under different names, so indirectly we are all brothers and sisters . http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

14. Tam Ky Nguy N Nguy N Ban Ban cao dai is a religion born in Vietnam in the 1930's. cao dai teaches Love, Harmony and tolerance. God is Within every Human Being http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

15. CAODAISM Dao cao dai (Caodaism in English) is the third largest religion in Viet Nam Cao means high ; Dai means palace . Caodai refers to the supreme http://www.religioustolerance.org/caodaism.htm

CAODAISM ("HIGH PALACE"): A VIETNAMESE-CENTERED RELIGION Click Here to Visit our Sponsors. Overview: Dao Cao Dai (Caodaism in English) is the third largest religion in Viet Nam (after Buddhism and Roman Catholicism). "Cao" means "high"; "Dai" means "palace". Caodai refers to the supreme palace where God reigns. The word is also used as God's symbolic name. Caodaism is a syncretistic religion which combines elements from many of the world's main religions, including Buddhism, Confucianism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Taoism, as well as Geniism, an indigenous religion of Viet Nam. Their main religious center is in Tay Ninh, about 60 miles (100 km) North West of Saigon. They currently have 7 to 8 million followers in Viet Nam and about 30,000 members elsewhere, primarily in Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe and the United States. History: They regard the history of religion as being divided into three periods of revelation. The first was circa 2500 BCE , when God inspired selected religious leaders to found Judaism in the Middle East, Hinduism in India and Yi king (philosophy of transformation) in China. A few thousand years later, God led the Buddha to found Buddhism, Lao Tse to create Taoism, Confucius to start Confucianism, and Jesus Christ to found Christianity.

16. Cao Dai Thien Ly Buu Toa * Xu n tr ng si * Research on cao dai by USC's scholar (Janet Hoskins, Ph.D.) * C u chuy?n c t d * Minh L D?o http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

17. Vietnam Architecture: Cao Dai Temple, Tay Ninh Vietnam architecture cao dai temple, Tay Nihn. Photos and descriptions of CaoDai temple, Tay Nihn. http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/tayninh/CAODAI.htm

Cao Dai Temple Tay Ninh, Vietnam Click on an image to enlarge Caodaism (Dai Dao Tam Ky Pho Do, or Third Great Universal Religious Amnesty) is a syncretic religion that had its beginnings in Vietnam, then part of French Indo-China, in the 1920s. Its founder, Ngo Minh Chieu (or Ngo Van Chieu), was a French civil servant and was also a mystic who was well-versed in western and eastern religions. In 1919 he began receiving revelations about the truth of religions from God (Caodai) that told him to combine the teachings of Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Confucianism, Christianity, Islam and other religions into one religion to promote peace. In 1926 he revealed his seances to the public as a new belief system. It soon became quite popular. There are a number of important figures in the Cao Dai pantheon. The major saints are Chinese revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen, the 19c French writer Victor Hugo and the 16c Vietnamese poet Nguyen Binh Khiem. Lesser dignitaries who have manifested themselves in seances include notables such as Joan of Arc, Descartes, V. I. Lenin, William Shakespeare, and Winston Churchill. The organizational structure roughly follows that of the Roman Catholic Church with a pope, cardinals, bishops and priests. There are several million practicioners in (mostly southern) Vietnam and perhaps over a thousand temples, mostly in the Mekong delta. There are also practicioners in the west, though these are primarily in the expatriate Vietnamese communities.

18. Vatican Hopes To Normalize Vietnam Ties only a handful of governmentsanctioned religions or denominations, including Catholicism, Protestantism, Buddhism, cao dai, Hoa Hao and Islam. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

19. Around Vietnam Photo Album (Tay Ninh And The Main Caodai Temple) Tay Ninh and the Main Caodai Temple. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

20. Cao Dai The message of cao dai is that all religions are in fact one even though they have cao dai venerates a host of different figures including Victor Hugo, http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/seasia/caodai.html

Cao Dai Doctrines Cao Dai is a highly syncretic monotheistic religion that seeks to establish a basis upon which major world religions can be united. History is divided into three periods of revelation. The first period was around 2500 BCE, a time when God inspired the establishment of Judaism, Hinduism and early Chinese religion. The second period coincided with the emergence of Buddhism, Christianity and Islam. These divinely inspired religions became corrupted because they came to be associated with their founders rather than recognised as truly universal religions. The third (present) period is one in which divine revelation occurs through inspired mediums. The message of Cao Dai is that all religions are in fact one even though they have different names. Cao Dai venerates a host of different figures including Victor Hugo, Sun Yat Sen, and Trangh Trinh, a 16th century Vietnamese poet and philosopher. Its ethics are based in the belief in the reincarnation of the soul. Members of the sect are required to pray at least once a day, avoid violence to sentient creatures, to be honest, to avoid adultery, to be sober, and not to use bad language. Adhering to these rules will lead either to a beneficial rebirth or, ultimately, escape from the cycle of birth and death and rebirth in heaven. Failure to do so will lead to rebirth on another planet where life is harsher than on earth. Cao Dai has its own hierarchy based on the Roman Catholic Church. Pope, bishops, cardinals and archbishops. Women are allowed to officiate at services.

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