Precepts of Daesoonjinrihoe

Precepts

1. Do not deceive yourself
Since human beings are governed and controlled by their minds, and all the words spoken and all actions taken are expressions of one's mind. There are two dispositions of mind: conscience and selfishness. Conscience is the innate mind originally bestowed upon humankind by Heaven, whereas selfishness is the product of greed arising from one's pursuit of wealth. There is a strong and inappropriate tendency to have one's conduct blindned by greed.
One must therefore make a constant effort to recover one's own innate conscience by discarding selfishness. As all human evils stem from poor conscience, one must maintain one's conscience by acting in accordance with it. In this way, one will become honest and true to oneself.

2. Practice virtuous speech
Words are the sound of the mind, while acitons are traces derived from it. Your way of speaking tends to reveal your affinity for either good or evil. If you speak well of others, the traces of this goodness will keep growing and bring you greater fortune. If you speak ill of others, the traces of this evil will keep growing and bring you greater misfortune. Thus happiness and misery in your life inevitably depend on you way of speaking; therefore, always be mindful when speaking to others.

3. Do not cause grievance in others
Hating others or betraying their goodwill incites grievance. Therefore, grievance can be pevented by loving others and being gracious towards them while demonstrating the virtues of politeness, gentleness, humility, and modesty.

4. Do not disregard the beneficence bestowed upon you
Favors are the benefit that others offer to you. To disregard their favors is to forget and betray their beneficence. Thus, once you receive benefit, you must reciprocate it at some later point.

*You are indebted to the great divinities in Heaven and Earth for your life, lifespan, happiness and wealth. Thus you should acknowledge the grace you received from them by fulfilling your duty as a human being with sincerity, repectfulness and faithfulness.
*You are indebted to your parents for your life and upbringing. Thus you should practice filial piety with the ethical goal of repecting elders and returning beneficnece back to the root.
*You are indebted to your teachers for their guidance and upbringing. For this, you should reciprocate by practicing their teachings as a disciple.
*You are indebted to your employers for your livelihood, wages and job title. For this, you should reciprocate by working faithfully and diligently as an employee.

5. Promote the betterment of others
Promote the betterment of others is the basic principle of mutual beneficence and the fundamental concept through which the salvation of humanity will be achieved. Do not spare any effort while promoting the betterment of others.
Combine your efforts with others and cooperate to accomplish your aims.

Aims of Daesoonjinrihoe

The spiritual objectives of Daesoon Jinrihoe include the following:

Guarding against Self-deception ---Transformation of Human Spirit

This means reaching the highest stage of mental attainment wherein one has progressed to a state free from self-deception. In other words, it means restoring an innate conscience which is honest, true and devoid of greed or any partiality.


Realizing Earthly Immortality ---Renewal of Human Beings

This is a process wherein human beings gain renewal and thereby become Earthly-Immortals* who keep harmonious relations with other people and interact with divine beings.

*Earthly-Immortals: perfected human beings who have attained divine status and immortality through cultivation.


Creation of Earthly Paradise --Re-creation of the world
This is a process of turning the world into an Earthly Paradise.
Earthly Paradise is a world wherein everyone lives by the principle of mutual beneficence.
In this world, people live together in perfect harmony devoid of grievances while promoting the betterment of others.

Creeds of Daesoonjinrihoe (大巡眞理會 信條)

Creeds are the necessary conditions that disiciples have to follow for their cultivation.
In Daesoonjinrihoe, the category of 'Creeds' consists of 'Four Cardinal Mottos' and ' Three Exsential Attitudes(Mind Frames).' They appear as follows:

The Four Cardinal Mottos

Quieting the Mind (安心)
Restore your innate conscience which is unbiased, impartial and pure.
Preserve this state to achieve the purpose of your cultivation.

Quieting the Body (安身)
Conduct yourself in accordance with righteousness and propriety.
In other words, do not act with vanity or selfishness.

Reverence for Heaven (敬天)
Bear in mind that Sangje (the Supreme God) is always with you.
That is, serve Him with utmost repect sincerity.

Cultivation (修道)
While quieting your mind and body, focus your reverent mind on Sangje by concentration on the lower abdomen (the elixir field) through the recitation of incantations.
In other words, remember to show respect toward Sangje while maintaining thoughts consistent with reverence and sincerity.
Recite incantations with all your heart to achieve the goal of intergration with Sangje.


Three Essential Attitudes

Sincerity (誠)
Sincerity is a matter of reflecting consistently on yourself as you focus your efforts upon noble endeavors. Being sincere means maintaining a mind that is continuously concerned with detecting and correcting any insufficiencies in your exertions or dedication, as doing so will enable you to complete your task.

Respectfulness (敬)
Respectfulness is a matter of conducting yourself in a decent manner.

Faithfulness (信)
Faithfulness is a matter of making up your mind about something and then confidently moving forward without any change or deviation from your original intention. This involves committing yourself to the highest level of devotion in order to reach your anticipated end.

Daesoonjinrihoe's one of 4Tenets : Perfected Unification with Dao (道通眞境)

This is the stage where both human beings and the world reach the true state of Dotong (the unification with Dao or perfected enlightened state).
This means that once mind and body are completely clean and pure, one can be unified with great divine beings and eventually reach human perfection.
In this state, one can have a thorough and full understanding of everything in the universe with the ability to do everything in accordance with one's will.
By doing so, an everlasting paradise eventually arises in this world.

As to Resolution of grievances for mutual benficence (解寃相生)

 

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Resolution of Grievances for Mutual Beneficence

This tenet details the whole process of preventing Cheok from arising and resolving forms of Cheok which are otherwise known as negative Karma as well as promoting the betterment of others.
Cheok is a grudge that another person harbors against you.
Generally, people provoke Cheok through their vanity and greed.
This Cheok or negative Karma, created either in your present or past life, brings misfortune and blocks your way to success.
Our cultivation is carried out to resolve all such Cheok or Karma by living within our means an promoting the betterment of others while praticing specific forms of spiritual cultivation created by Doju Jo Jeongsan.
Then, all grudges and grievances piled up among human beings as well as between human beings and divine beings will be resolved and this will lead to the realization of ultimate peace and harmony for humankind.

What is the meaning of Harmonious union between Divines Beings and Human Beings?

This tenet means that divine beings and human beings can come to depend on each other in a harmonious and complementary way that transforms both into ideal beings. The human mind is an invisible gate through which devine beings come in and out. In this way, divine beings can harmonize with human beings to bring about various occurrences. Human beings come to achieve harmony with divine beings through their pure minds. If humans cultivate deeply enough, they achieve purity, eliminate selfishness, and live in harmony with others by resolving all kinds of grievances and grudges. Only at this advanced stage, are they then able to interact with holy divine beings and even Sangje Himself. Eventually, they become enlightened to understand all matters in the universe and are empowered to achieve all their aims at will.

What does Eumyang-hapdeok refer to?

   Geumgangsan Toseong Training Temple Complex of Daesoonjinrihoe located in 

   Gangwon Province, Korea

 

Virtuous Concordance of Yin and Yang (음양합덕/陰陽合德)

This refers to the harmonious intergration of the virtues of yin and yang in order to bring about the ideal relations among all beings. All beings exist in relationship of relativity with each other such as light and darkness, heaven and earth, and divine beings and human beings. Likewise, all social or human relations such as those between nation and individual, parent and child, and husband and wife are necessarily relationships characterized by mutual dependence. Yet, these relationships are often subject to conflict and disharmony. Therefore, the 'Virtuous Concordance of Yin and Yang', in terms of social or human relations, refers the resolution of these conflicts and the creation of a harmonious state wherin human beings collaborate and help one another.