The Genuine Article Posted November 16, 2008 What is the science of dragon gate taoism? and how does it differ from regular taoism? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kronos Posted November 16, 2008 Please give me YOUR definition of "regular taoism" and I can tell you the differences :-) BUT I think there is no "regular taoism": or what's the difference between a regular car and a Mazda? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mak_Tin_Si Posted November 16, 2008 Dragon Gate is a sub lineage of the Taoism School of Chuen Jan. If you want to look the history of that, you can go to other taoism web to search and you will find out the person who found the lineage of Chuen Jan. He do not emphasize in the practise of writting charms (fu) and doing much ceremonies. Also, they promote people to live in the temple with another form of living, in chinese they call this "Chut Ga" which means to be out of your own family. Dragon Gate is found later on by a student of Chuen Jan's School. They now mostly focus on doing rituals and study of life and nature. Their practise mainly focus on how to train your life to cope with nature, but that is just like how most Taoist do. On the other side, they do not emphasize on the skills on using the universal energy that taoism is specialized in by using charms (fu) and other form of practise. They usually try to get this energy by chantings and rituals. The China's government is now promoting only 2 school lineage of Taoism which are the Chuen Jan and the Jing Yat which is two very different Taoism branch. Bot of course, there are many more very powerful Taoism lineage now except for the two. Just like Maau Shan in China, is a very powerful lineage, but the China's government do not promote it, so it is not as famous. What is the science of dragon gate taoism? and how does it differ from regular taoism? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
