Cao Dai
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Adherents | 4-6 million |
Date Founded | 1926 |
Place Founded | Vietnam |
Founder(s) | Ngo Van Chieu |
Beliefs | God represented by Divine Eye. Salvation by "cultivating self and finding God in self." Reincarnation. |
Practices | Hierarchy similar to Roman Catholicism. Daily prayer. Meditation. Communication with spirit world (now outlawed in Vietnam). |
Texts | Caodai canon |
Cao Dai (a.k.a. Dao Cao Dai or Caodaism) is a syncretist Vietnamese religious movement with a nationalist political character. Cao Dai draws upon ethical duties and virtues from Confucianism, occult rituals from Taoism, theories of karma and rebirth from Buddhism, and a hierarchical organization from Roman Catholicism. Its saints includes the Buddha, Confucius, Jesus Christ, Muhammad, Pericles, Julius Caesar, Joan of Arc, Victor Hugo, and Sun Yat-sen.
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Sources
- “Cao Dai.” Encyclopaedia Britannica Online.
- “Cao Dai.”
- CaoDai.org.
- “How Does One Practice Cao Dai.” CaoDai.org.
Further Reading
- Centre for Studies in Caodaism.
- Ron Gluckman/Tay Ninh. “Spirit in the Sky.” .
- Hum Dac Bui, Cao Dai, Faith of Unity (Emerald Wave, 2000).
- V. L. Oliver, Caodai Spiritism: A Study of Religion in Vietnamese Society (Brill Academic, 1997).
- Jayne S. Werner, Peasant Politics and Religious Sectarianism: Peasant and Priest in the Cao Dai in Viet Nam .
Article Info
Title | Cao Dai |
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Published | March 17, 2015 |
Last Updated | February 13, 2021 |
URL | religionfacts.com/ |
Short URL | rlft.co/1627 |
MLA Citation | “Cao Dai.” ReligionFacts.com. 13 Feb. 2021. Web. Accessed 5 Mar. 2021. <religionfacts.com/cao-dai> |