The Road to Peace and Harmony, Daesoon jinrihoe

         


"The Road to Peace and Harmony" is a movie about the story of Sangje's Reordering Works of Heaven and Earth, Doju Jo Jeongsan's founding of a new religious body, and other such historical envents. The story was developed by the film's director, Kang Daejin, in 1982 and filming started in March 1983 after organizing the Film's Production Committee.
The committee included Professor Jang Byeong-gil of the Department of Religious Studies at Seoul National University and some executive members of Daesoon Jinrihoe. It starred Jeon Un as Sangje and Lee Sunjae as Doju; both of whom were top Korean movie stars. The movie was released in November of 1984 at Asia Theater in Seoul.

This video gives  viewers explicit graphical explanations on Sangje's Reordering Works and teachings, which would be a great help for those who are not familiar with Daesoon thought and its unique terms.

Gucheon Sangje's Reordering Works of Heaven and Earth

Gucheon Sangje's Reordering Works of Heaven and Earth who is the object of belief in Daesoon Jinrihoe


The Reordering Works of Heaven and Earth

In the middle of May 1901, Sangje opened the Great Daesoon Truth with His judgment on existing deities and a corresponding 49 day fast in Daewon Temple in Moak Mountain, Jeonju. Commencing the Reordering Works of Heaven and Earth in the winter of that year, He proclaimed, "I will rebuild Heaven and Earth and allow divine beings to pass in and out of human minds so that human beings can be renewed and fulfill their Heavenly purposes." Then He added, "I will redeem humanity by exercising great authority over the Three Realms, constructing the Later World of Earthly Paradise with the way of mutual beneficence."

Resolving grievances
Sangje diagnosed that Heaven and Earth had deviated from their proper course due to the grievances that had filled up the Three Realms. These grievances were the result of the principle of mutual conflict in the Former World. He alos said, "The grievance of Dan Zhu, the son of King Yao, is the beginning of all grievances throughout history. Once this is resolved, all the knots and chains of grievances stacked up for thousands of years wil be resolved." And He carried out Reorkering Work to resolve Dan Zhu's grievance.
Also, Sangje said, "The Three Realms lost their order due to the chaos of the afterworld (nether world).Therefore, I will revise the existing Heaven-ordered Predeterminations* of mutual conflict in the afterworld in such a way that divine beings and human beings, who had been blocked for thousands of years, can cooperate with each other for mutual beneficence. Thus, the general current of Heaven and Earth will be put on the right track."

Opening up a world free from social discrimination
Sangje always used honorific languages even when speaking to men of humble birth. One of His disciples, Kim Hyeongryeol(김형렬), was embarrassed when Sangje used such honorific language when speaking to his servant. Regrarding this, Sangje said to this disciple, "That man is your servant. Not mine. Afterwards, you should respect everyone regardless of their status. In the coming days, there will be no discrimination between nobles and commoners or legitimate and illegitimate children." And He added, "You have to discard old customs of social discrimination as soon as possible and begin respecting people from lower classes. In this way, grudges can be easily resolved, and the time of peace and prosperity will be hastened."
Sangje also said, "Resolve the grudges between you and your enemy and love him as your benefactor, as doing so wil bring about good fortune. Our work is to prevent grievances and live for the betterment of others. Even if one takes only whatever good fortune remains after making others prosperous, that remaining portion will be enough.

Setting a Foundation for the Later world
One day, Sangje asked the following question to one of His disciples, "Do you think it is better to leave modern conveniences invented by westerners as they are or take them back?" And the disciple answered, "It seems better to preserve them for the convenience of humanity." And He answered, " You are right, their devices have been modeled after those in Heaven." Sangje said, "Daoism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Christianity have become  foundations within their ethnic cultures. Humanity has been fighting each other, claiming their own thoughts as the truth despite the fact that these systems of thought have been formed respectively through their diffferent life experiences as passed down to them by their ancestors." To solve this problem, He summoned all the deities of enlightenment and civilization to set a foundation for a future civilization by extracting the essences of each different culture and unifying them. Then, He appointed heavenly leaders for each religion:Choi Suwun as the leader of Daoism, Jinmuk as the leader of Buddhism, Zhu Xi as the leader of Confucianism, and Matteo Ricci as the leader of Christianity.

Opening  a new world where men and women are equal
Sangje said, "In the Later World, women can be treated just as men according to their achievements in spiritual cultivation. Abd the old custom of male dominance over women will disappear." Further, He said the following to his disciples, "Now that this is the time of resolving grudges, I have dissolved the barrier of difference between men and women so that they have freedom to do as they wish. But later, I will re-establish the principle of propriety by balancing the positions of men and women." Sangje also said, "It is wrong to ban the remarriage of young widows and make them live in lonelilness. In the future, it will be right to allow young widows to marry young widoweres and old widows marry old widowers by holding official wedding ceremonies with their members and friends."

*Heavenly-ordered Predeterminations: cosmic plans previously made in the celestial realm, which will unfold through various events in the human world in due time.

Gucheon Sangje, Daesoon Jinrihoe

When facing despair and calamities, people naturally look to deities, buddhas, and bodhisattvas to find some sense of solace. Unbeknownst to humanity, however, deities, buddhas, and bodhisattvas have their own source of solace, and that is none other than Gucheon Sangje (the Supreme God of the Ninth Heaven). It was He whom they petitioned in humanity's darkest hour, and it was He who descended into the world to rectify disorder and reveal the path to an everlasting paradise. Brick by brick, this path is paved as we collectively resolve grudges and grievances, live in accordance with mutual beneficence, and by serve one another in gratitude.


The object of belief in Daesoon Jinrihoe is Gucheon Sangfe, the Supreme God of the Ninth Heaven who is the highest celectial deity and exercises supreme authority over the universe. He made a 'Great Itineration' around the world in response to the petition and request of all divine sages, buddhas and bodhisattvas, who have existed sinve time immemorial. Stopping on this eastern land of Korea, He spiritually entered the statue of ' golden Maitreya Buddha' in the Geumsan Temple at Moak Mountain in Jeolla Province where He stayed for thirty years. On September 19, 1871, He was born as a human being to the Kang family in Jeolla Province. His honorific name was Jeungsan.

Sangje Kang Jeungsan proclaimed the unprecedented truth to the human world throughout His 40 years of life which He committed to 'Reordering Works of Heaven and Earth'and 'Opening a New World.' Then He passed into heaven and retook His throne of ' Gucheon Eungwon Noeseong Bohwa Cheonjon Kangseong Sangje,' the Supreme God.


Gucheon (九天, the Ninth Heaven )is the highesst heaven where Sangje coordinates all the deities of Heaven and Earth.
Eungwon (應元, Response to the Supreme God) indicates that no phenomenon, including heavenly bodies, is able to come into being without a command from the Supreme God.
Noeseong (雷聲, Lightning and Thunderbolt) is a heavenly command for benevolence. It is created by the two vital forces of yin and yang. Lightning and thunderbolts help with birth, growth, nurturing, and changes on the Earth.
Bohwa (普化, Vast Becoming) signifies that every being in the world owe its existence to the benevolent activity of Supreme God.
Cheonjon (天尊, Majesty of Heaven ) indicates that Sangje is the holiest and greatest deity throughout the Three Realms of Heaven, Earth and Humanity.
Kangseong Sangje (姜聖上帝, the Supreme God Kang) is the honored name of the omiscient and omnipotent Supreme God. He exercises the Great Authority over the Three Realms and He rules, directs, and attentively watches over every being and event.

The purport of Daesoon jinrihoe

    The Purport of Daesoon jinrihoe

Through His great athority over the Three Realms of Heaven, Earth and Humanity, Kang Jeungsan as Gucheon Daewon Johwa Jushin made a Great Itineration around the world. He umtimately descended into the human world.

With His 'Reordering Works of Heaven and Earth', Kang Jeungsan rectified the disorker of Heaven and Earth, and He opened a path to the everlasting Earthly Paradise as a means of saving the whole world. The universe was in such a state that the entire pantheon of divinities found themselves unable to communicate with each other, and humanity wa falling into calamities caused by the accumulation of their grievances. These great workd were mainly performed to resolve the grudges and grievances amassed throughout all incarnations, and the completion of this resolution is achieved through humanity's application of the principle of reciprocation favors out of gratitude.

Now all the grudges and bitterness stored up for millions of years are set to be resolved through the prinviples of Haewon ( the resolution of griebances) and Boeun (the reciprocation of favors). This unfolds into Daesoon Truth wherin the world is transformed through Dao, mutual conflict and hatred subside, and paradise emerges. This is what we call the Daesoon Truth of Sangje.

Kang Jeungsan proclaimed the unprecedented truth to the human world for forty years, and then returned to the throne of 'Gucheon Eungwon Noeseong Bohwa Cheonjon Kangseong Sangje' as the Supreme God.

Daesoon Jinrihoe was established in 1969 to revere and practice the teachings of Doju Jo Jeongsan, who inherited and applied Sangje's Daesoon Truth throughout his fifty years of religious activity. These teachings consist of Tenets, Creeds, and Aims.
We are now sharing this vision to encourage people who are inspired by our message or feel a Karmic affinity with us to join Daesoon Jinrihoe as we aim to create an Earthly Paradise where the truth of the 'resolution of grievances for mutual beneficence' is fully realized.