DAOISM AS A RELIGION

 

WHY DAOISM?

 

  1. Beginning history
    1. Zhang Daoling establishes Way of Celestial Masters (142 AD)
    2. Deification of Laozi (during the Han Dynasty  166 AD)
    3. Recognition by General Cao Cao in 215 AD

  1. The Language of Daoism
    1. Yin-Yang School
    2. Five Agents
    3. The Primordial Breath or Qi

 

  1. Daoist Gods and Sects
    1. The Three Pure Ones
    2. Various Gods
    3. Five Pecks of Rice Sect and others

 

  1. Religious Practices
    1. Morality
    2. Exorcisms
    3. Tantric Yoga
    4. Alchemy and Astronomy

 

  1. Daoism Today
    1. Importance to China
    2. Major Temples

     

 Modern temple dedicated to Zhang Daoling