Do not mix up these 2 "tao"

[Owledge]

I-Kuan Tao interpreted positively:

Could be the approach of undersranding how much all religions have in common, and connecting this to a higher understanding.

 

interpreted negatively:

Considering the integration of many religions under one roof, including naming them, and claims that they turn it all around, which would disempower people, it could then be summed up with a concise comparison: Eastern Catholicism.

 

Don't follow the ancient teachings of Confusius.

[xabir2005]

Yi kuan dao is a fear based cult that believes that by being initiated into their religion they will be sent to heaven. They are asked to keep certain initiation secrets otherwise they will be struck by lightning (though the secrets can be found on the net).

 

If you want to learn authentic Taoism or Buddhism, stay clear of them.

 

http://www.buddhismaustralia.org/cults.htm

 

excerpt:

 

I Kuan Tao (Tian Tao) - Yi Guan Dao

 

The followers of I Kuan Tao claimed that it is a distinguished lineage back over 2000 years when it begins from the ancient Chinese astrolgers, emperors, Confucius, and so forth. From 18th Ancient Patriarch Mencius, the lineage travels to the west, the lineage began from Shakyamuni Buddha, Mahakashyapa to 28th Indian Patriarch Bodhidharma. But the modern practice of Tian Tao, as we know it today, was established about 70 years ago. In the 1930, Shi Zueng Zhang Tian Ran and Shi Mu Sun Hui Ming, became the 18th Patriarch and started theirpractice I Kuan Tao in Chi Nan City, Shang Dong Province of China. Their work spread by word of mouth, andby 1946 I Kuan Tao became prevalent among 36 provinces of China. At the end of the Civil War in 1949, many followers in China found their beliefs incompatible with Communist doctrines. This and other reasons compelled large numbers of them to emigrate to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea,Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines. Tian Tao quickly took root in these new lands, spreading with its teachings Chinese culture and traditional family values. By increasing the number of I Kuan Tao temples, they believed that they are bringing the Buddhist "Western Paradise" to earth and creating a world of brotherhood and universal love as envisioned by Confucian

teachings.

 

Presently, they claimed that the founder, 17th Patriarch Lu Zhong Yi, was an incarnation of Maitreya. He has major influence and impact on the present form of I Kuan Tao. The central teaching of Tian Tao, is based on the initiation ceremony - a new formula on the Triple Gem, namely:

 

1. Opening of Heavenly Eye (Dian Xuan Dao),

 

2. Oral Transmission of the Maitreya prayer (Chuan Ko Jue),

and

 

3. Hand Gestures (Jie He Tong).

 

They believe that the recipient has obtained the Tao and that his name has been reserved in the heaven and erased from the lists in hell. Upon death, the recipient will ascend straight to heaven without having to endure the cycles of rebirth.

Graeme Lyall (Australia), 1999, wrote:

"The group is known as Ee Kwang Tao (Yi Guan Dao). I was invited to attend the opening of one of their 'Holy Houses'. It was one of the strangest rituals that I have ever witnessed. Following the ritual we were invited to go before the 'Master' to receive initiation. I declined on the grounds that I had been invited to attend the opening but not to join anything. After a while they approached me again and they said that the 'Master' was waiting for me and I MUST go before the 'Master'. I replied that I must not do anything of the sort as I am atraditional Buddhist and had no wish to join their organisation. I thanked them for their hospitality and said that I was leaving. As each person arrived they took their name. As I left they asked me for my name as they said that the names were being sent to heaven and, as I refused initiation, my name would have to be struck off the list. I consulted a Chinese friend about my experience and he

immediately identified it as the Ee Kwang Tao cult which, as was said, is proliferating in Australia. The initiates are sworn to secrecy with the threat of harm to themselves and their family if the secrets are revealed. This dangerous cult bears no relation to Buddhism so beware of them."

Edited May 21, 2009 by xabir2005

[林愛偉]

Why come on these boards to 'name call'.

Show some respect instead of peddling your own 'religion'

 

 

What are you talking about? Mak Tin Si is giving every one a heads up, and I am glad he is doing so.

If I came on earlier, I would have done the same.

 

Remember, just because some group uses a Taiji Tu, or the word Dao, and some cool looking pictures of China, doesn't make them legit, nonetheless proper in cultivation.

 

A lot of groups sell Chinese culture and Daoism to naive westerners. These groups market it very well, and make t very believable.

 

There is a saying in cultivation, I have said it before and will thus say it again:

 

"False, False, True. True, True, False"

 

Meaning? Present the false enough times and people will think its true. Bring out the truth and people will believe it to be false no matter how you present it.

 

Peace,

Lin

[Squatting Monkey]

What are you talking about? Mak Tin Si is giving every one a heads up, and I am glad he is doing so.

If I came on earlier, I would have done the same.

 

Yes, and we all know YOUR views on Tibet and its Buddhism.

[林愛偉]

Yes, and we all know YOUR views on Tibet and its Buddhism.

 

 

hahaha and....