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- Scholars of the 4th World Sangsaeng Forum 2025 Visit the Yeoju Headquarters Temple of Daesoon Jinrihoe
The 4th World Sangsaeng Forum was held on October 24 and 25 at the Daesoon Education Hall of Daejin University under the theme “Reconciliation, Mutual Beneficence, and Religion.” Hosted by the Daesoon Academy of Sciences, the forum was attended by world-renowned scholars such as Professor Eileen Barker of the London School of Economics, Gordon Melton of Baylor University, Livia Kohn of Boston University, Massimo Introvigne, director of the Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR), Bernadette Rigal-Cellard of Bordeaux Montaigne University, Ahn Shin, President of the Korean Association for the Study of Religion, as well as various academics from Korea and abroad. Religious figures also participated, including Chang Hsin-Fang, Vice President of Taiwan’s Yu-Shin Shengjiao University, Cheng Kuo-Nan, abbot of Taiwan’s Holy Mother Palace, and Tran Khanh, former president of the Overseas Mission Society of Vietnam’s Cao Dai religion. In addition, Sasaki Kyoko, Deputy Mayor of Kameoka City in Japan, attended the forum as well. The forum consisted of a total of five parts with 15 sessions, featuring 64 academic presentations and in-depth discussions. After concluding the forum at noon on the 25th, the scholars visited the Yeoju Headquarters Temple Complex of Daesoon Jinrihoe. The visiting scholars joined a dinner prepared by the temple after touring the Yeoju Headquarters Temple. Held at the café lounge on the first floor of the museum, the dinner was attended by approximately 300 guests, including Lee Choong-woo, Mayor of Yeoju, Park Doo-hyung, Chairman of the Yeoju City Council, Na Jong-woo, former Director of the Jeonju Cultural Center, as well as advisory board members, executive committee members, and leaders of the religious order, who warmly welcomed the scholars of the World Sangsaeng Forum. At the dinner, Director Yun Eundo remarked, “Sharing food together is considered the warmest greeting, as it means sharing hearts and continuing the bond of our relationship,” and expressed his hope, saying, “I wish for tonight’s dinner to become a true place of mutual beneficence, where we respect each other’s cultures and share our spirits.” In her congratulatory remarks on behalf of the scholars, Professor Bernadette Rigal-Cellard stated, “This forum was an opportunity to gain spiritual and intellectual nourishment. The traditional Korean wooden architecture of Daesoon Jinrihoe offered aesthetic nourishment, and this dinner is now providing physical nourishment,” expressing her heartfelt gratitude. Director Bae Gyuhan of the Institute for Daesoon Thought said, “It is highly meaningful to discuss how religion, which has long stood at the center of conflict and reconciliation, can realize world peace through the principles of compassion, love, and mutual beneficence.” He added, “Through this forum, I feel that the ‘Sangsaeng Civilization Discourse,’ which the Institute aims to develop for sustainable peace and coexistence of humanity, has been strengthened even further.”
2025-11-15
- Seven Taiwanese Taoist Temples Visit Yeoju Headquarters Temple for the 2nd Korea–Taiwan Religious Exchange
September 23, a delegation of 45 members from seven Taoist temples in Taiwan—Oilsong Moguang Temple, Dayaa Yingxing Temple, Beigang Wude Temple, Beigang Zhaoqian Temple, Shimen Jingang Temple, Songshan Zhaowu Temple, and Xinhang Fengtian Temple—visited the Yeoju Headquarters Temple of Daesoon Jinrihoe. The purpose of this visit was to promote mutual exchange between Daesoon Jinrihoe and Taiwan’s Taoist temples. During the event, the delegation engaged in various activities, including a temple tour, a visit to the museum, an inter-organizational exchange meeting, a discussion with the Head Administrator, and a welcome banquet, fostering deeper understanding between the two traditions. During the meeting, Temple Master Wu Jin-Lian of Oilsong Moguang Temple remarked, “Each time I visit Daesoon Jinrihoe, I am deeply impressed by the unchanging and continuous dedication to cultivation,” expressing her hope that “through sustained exchange between our two traditions, we can pass down a better environment for cultivation to future generations.” In the welcoming remarks delivered at the banquet, Head Administrator Yun Eun-do stated, “Our order seeks to realize the ideal of Haewon-Sangsaeng by putting into practice three major undertakings. To uphold these religious values in society is an important mission shared by religious communities in both Korea and Taiwan.” He added, “Once the International Training Center currently under construction at the Yeoju Headquarters Temple is completed, it will further expand the opportunities for mutual exchange in practicing these values. I hope today’s interreligious exchange will serve as a valuable milestone in opening the path toward future cooperation.”
2025-11-01
- Vehicle Blessing Ritual at the Yeoju Headquarters Temple
On October 27, a vehicle blessing ritual was held at the Vehicle Maintenance Center of the Yeoju Headquarters Temple. Two Carnival vans—one designated for the Daesoon Academy of Sciences and the other for the International Exchange Team of Daejin University—were blessed, along with four additional guardian and staff vehicles. The Dao practitioners who attended the ceremony prayed for safe driving and accident-free operation of all participating vehicles.
2025-10-25
- Mongolian government officials and representatives visited the Daesoon Jinrihoe Yeoju Headquarters
On November 2, five Mongolian government officials and representatives, including Gan-Ochir Ser-Od, Director of the Ministry of Natural Resources, Petroleum and Mining, and the Department of Mining Audit and Permits, visited the Yeoju Headquarters. The delegation first discussed various exchanges at Daejin University, including plans to train Mongolian geological and mining experts and recruit Mongolian students to the Department of Energy Engineering. They were then invited by President Yoon Eun-do to visit the Yeoju Headquarters for a meeting. At the meeting, Director Gan-Ochir said, "We have become like family through 10 years of exchanges with Daesoon Jinrihoe. We will work hard to make the name of 'Daejin' widely known in Mongolia through even deeper exchanges in the future." The Daesoon Jinrihoe Yeoju Headquarters visited Mongolia in 2014 at the invitation of Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. This is when the mutual cooperation exchanges between Daesoon Jinrihoe and Mongolian government began. Meanwhile, Mongolia is one of the top 10 resource-rich countries in the world, and many countries, including Korea, are exchanging with Mongolia for resource development.
2023-12-02
- World-renowned scholars gather to address the crisis of modern civilization - Daesoon Academy of Sciences hosts the 3rd World SangSaeng Forum International Conference in 2023
The 3rd World SangSaeng Forum International Academic Conference was held successfully at the Lotte Hotel World in Seoul from October 4 to 6, 2023, under the theme of "How Can Religions Help the World Solve Its Civilizational Crises?" The conference was hosted and organized by the Daesoon Academy of Sciences of Daejin University, sponsored by the Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR), the International Taoism Association, and the Daesoon Jinrihoe Yeoju Headquarters Temple Complex. Over 200 domestic and international scholars and religious leaders from 12 countries participated in the three-day conference, sharing their wisdom on how to overcome and solve the modern civilizational crises that humanity is facing. In the first and second sessions, eight keynote speeches were delivered by Eileen Barker, Honorary Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Massimo Introvigne, President of CESNUR, Bae Gyu-han, Director of the Daesoon Thought Research Institute, Livia Kohn, Honorary Professor at Boston University and President of the International Taoism Association, Sung-min Ryu, Honorary Professor at Hanyang University and former President of the Korean Association for Religious Studies, Jung-ja Seo, Honorary Professor at Ewha Womans University and former President of the Korean Association for Taoism Studies, Kim Hun, Professor at Peking University and Executive Director of the China Religious Culture Research Institute, and Bernadette Rigal-Cellard, Honorary Professor at the University of Bordeaux Montaigne and Director of the European Institute for the Study of Religion and Secularism. In the third to ninth sessions, scholars of international renown, including Holly Folk (United States), Michael Walsh (United States), Terry Clemans (United States), Huang Fuqi (Taiwan), Edward Irons (United States), Cha Seon-geun (South Korea), and David Kim (Australia), presented and discussed various academic perspectives on religion, philosophy, and science to address the world civilizational crisis. In particular, Eileen Barker, a world-renowned scholar of new religious movements, emphasized the need for a paradigm shift from "what religions should do" to "what religions should not do" to solve the crisis of human civilization. Bae Gyu-han, Director of the Daesoon Academy of Sciences, argued that global practice of Haewon Sangseon is necessary for humanity to move towards a permanent world of peace in which humanity and nature are in harmony. Sung-min Ryu, former President of the Korean Association for Religious Studies, suggested that religion should be on the curve where peace is more important than war on the hyperbola of war and peace. Massimo Introvigne, President of CESNUR, said that the World Sangsaeng Forum International Academic Conference has now become a major international academic conference. Livia Kohn, President of the International Taoism Association, evaluated that the World SangSaeng Forum has played a role in the time when scholars and religious leaders from various countries and cultures need to meet and discuss in person to solve the world civilizational crisis. Participants said that the conference was a precious and meaningful time to examine the accumulated conflicts, clashes, and civilizational crises in the world, and at the same time, to newly examine and discuss various ideologies and theories that resolve them. In his welcome address, Yoon Eun-do, President of Daejin University (President of Yeoju Headquarters Temple Complex of Daesoon Jinrihoe), said, "This World SangSaeng Forum was a meaningful occasion to discuss the essential role of religion in coping with the various crises that threaten human civilization today. It has become an international academic conference where scholars and religious leaders from home and abroad gather in one place to communicate and exchange ideas under one theme." In his closing remarks, Bae Gyu-han said, "The 3rd World SangSaeng Forum was a meaningful time to academically discuss the ideas and wisdom of humanity on the civilizational crisis beyond the meaning of the conference theme. It was a timely academic conference that explored serious and interesting topics to find ideas, logic, and wisdom that would help overcome and solve the global complex crises that humanity is facing."
2023-11-06
