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- Daejin Elderly Welfare Center threw a birthday party for elders
On December 21, Daejin Elderly Welfare Center threw a birthday party for 10 elderly members of the day care center, who have birthdays in November and December. The center gives a birthday banquet to the elders every two months, and this time they had a greater time with their family members. The performance of the volunteers gave them laugher and tears. One of the family members said, “The center takes such a good care of the elders every single day. I feel relieved that I can go to work without worrying about my mother.”
2017-12-30
- Winter Solstice Chiseong
Daesoon Jinrihoe grandly held the winter solstice Chiseong (the devotional offering), with about 5,100 people participating, in Yeoju headquarters temple complex at 1:28 am on Dec. 22. Winter solstice has the longest night of the year and from then, day begins to get longer and longer. Since ancient times, winter solstice, which is called small lunar new year's day, has been considered the day second to Lunar New Year’s Day. The saying has been passed down that “Not until winter solstice passes do we get one year older.” or “We should eat adzuki-bean gruel before we get one year older.” On the winter solstice we used to make adzuki-bean gruel, hold ancestral rites with it, and scatter it on the gate or the wall, praying for the safety and comfort in the new year. However, winter solstice of this year is called ‘child-winter solstice’, which comes in the first ten days of winter solstice lunar month(this year in November 5). There is a kind of custom that we make rice cake instead of adzuki-bean gruel on this child-winter solstice because it is believed that it's harmful to the children. Winter solstice appears firstly in our 24 seasons mantra. The deity taking charge of winter solstice is Zhangsun Wuji, who aided Emperor Taizong of Tang and rendered extinguished services for the establishment of Tang Dynasty. Zhangsun Wuji was made the public figure and recognized as a contributor for establishing a country.
2017-12-25
- Devotional Offering Ceremony held to celebrate the enshrinement of Yongdae at Yeoju HQ.
At 1 am on December 12, 2017(October 25 in lunar calendar), about 5,700 people of Daesoon Jinrihoe disciples attended Chiseong, which was held to celebrate the day when Yeongdae(the most sacred shrine) was enshrined in the fourth floor of the main building at Yeoju headquarters temple in 1986. Yeongdae is the most sacred place in Daesoon Jinrihoe temple complexes, which enshrines all celestial deities in 15 sacred positions. In Yeoju headquarters temple, Yeongdae is where all Chiseongs and rituals are held. The Yeongdae of Yeoju headquarters was enshrined when the temple complex that included seven structures at that time, such as main building and inner gate, had been completed in just 4 months after the construction began on June 11, 1986.
2017-12-21
- Taiwan Taoists toured around Daesoon Jinrihoe and experienced its cultivation methods
From June 11 to 17, 2017, a group of 20 Taiwan Taoists including Master Lee You Kun(李游坤) from five Taiwan Taoist branches: Tian Yi Tao(正一道), Shàn Qín Cí Huì Tang(善琴慈惠堂), Bǐng Dōng Guānyīntáng(屛東觀音堂), Shèng Mǔ Gōng(聖母宮), and Lónghuá Dānxīn(龍華丹心) visited Daesoon Jinrihoe Yeoju headquarters temple complex. They performed Ipdo Chiseong(entrance ceremony) to experience themselves the whole cultivation methods of Daesoon Jinrihoe, such as (Tae-eulju mantra) prayer, paying respect at Yeongdae of headquarters temple, and listening to lectures that introduced the teachings of Daesoon Jinrihoe. Also, they toured around Daesoon Jinrihoe welfare facilities: Daejin Welfare Foundation, Bundang Jesaeng hospital, and Daejin University, which are the main sites for Daesoon Jinrihoe’s Three Major social activities. On June 14, in the meeting with Yoon Eun-Do, the chairman of Daesoon Jinrihoe Yeoju headquarters, they asked a lot of questions about cultivation methods of Daesoon Jinrihoe. Master Lee You Kun(李游坤), the president of Taiwan Daoism, asked Yoon by saying “In Taiwan Taoism, belief is more important than practice. I want to learn practical cultivation methods of Daesoon Jinriehoe.” Then chairman Yoon answered “Although I am the head of Daesoon Jinrihoe, I am not regarded as being in the highest position. It is important for us respect each other because we all are in our way of spiritual cultivation. We have to open our minds and communicate well with one another, and cultivate ourselves into Dao while we keep Three Essential Attitudes: Sincerity, Respectfulness, and Faithfulness.
2017-12-14
- 2017 The 1st World Sangsaeng Forum hosted by DAOS, Daejin University
The 1st World Sangsaeng Forum was sponsored by Yeoju headquarters temple complex and organized and held by Daesoon Academy of Sciences(DAOS) of Dajin University on October 14 – 15, 2017 at Daejin University. It is the first international forum that is held by DAOS, and will be the beginning of other global academic conferences that DAOS plans to hold annually. On the theme “Peace and the Path of Mutual Beneficence”, about 150 scholars of religious studies and religious practitioners from 10 different nations participated in the forum to make it a place for active academic communication. The scholars who brought up various themes related to the theme in their presentations were: Bae Kyu-han(Chairman of Daesoon Academy of Sciences, Korea), Ko Nam-sik(Daejin University, Korea), Eileen Barker(London School of Economics, UK), Bernadette Rigal-Cellard(University of Bordeaux, France), Massimo Introvigne(Managing Director of CESNUR, Italy), Rosita Soryte(Minister Counselor at the Permanent Mission of Lithuania to UN), Milda Alisauskiene(Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania), Gorden Melton(Baylor University, USA), Patrick Laude(Georgetown University, USA), Holly Folk(Western Washington University, USA), Thien-Huong Ninh(California Polytechnic State University, USA), Edward Irons(Director of Hong Kong Institute for Culture, Commerce, and Religion, CANADA), Susan Palmer(Concordia University, USA), Hachiya Kunio(Tokyo University, Japan), Pochi Huang(National Chengchi University, Taiwan), and David Kim(Australian National University, Australia). The forum was held for two days from October 14 to 15 in six sessions and was followed by 4 days of field trip to Yeoju headquarters temple complex and other famous Korean traditional sites. Chairman Bae of DAOS said “This forum is the first international forum that is organized by DAOS and became a place for communication among the Eastern and Western scholars of religious studies. More importantly, it was a good opportunity to introduce Daesoon thought worldwide.”
2017-12-14
