What are Taoist sects?

What are Taoist sects?

Modern Taoism falls into main categories: ‘Southern’ Taoism, popular in Taiwan and South China and ‘Northern’ Taoism, a tradition largely unknown to Westerners but widely practised among modern Taoists in mainland China.

What is the social structure of Taoism?

Historically, there was a hierarchy of member and priests that the Tao religion would follow. Today, the lowest level or beginner members would represent the basic member of church.

What do Taoist priests do?

Taoist rituals involve purification, meditation and offerings to deities. In the ceremony a Taoist priest dedicates the offerings in the names of the families, performs a ritual to restore order to the universe, and asks the gods to bring peace and prosperity to the village.

Are there any organized communities in Taoism?

Highly organized communities of lay and clerical participants are not the norm in Taoism today. Notable examples of community structure in Taoism came early, as with the first organized Taoist religious group, the Way of the Celestial Masters.

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How is Lao Tzu related to Taoism?

Taoism. Taoism (also spelled Daoism) is a religion and a philosophy from ancient China that has influenced folk and national belief. Taoism has been connected to the philosopher Lao Tzu, who around 500 B.C.E. wrote the main book of Taoism, the Tao Te Ching. Taoism holds that humans and animals should live in balance with the Tao, or the universe.

What are the two sects of Taoism in China?

Two sects of Taoism are predominant in greater China today: Zhengyi and Quanzhen. In the Zhengyi Taoist tradition, the priest is almost always married, and marriage is a requirement to become a priest of the highest rank.