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Jeung San Do
Hangul:
증산도
Hanja:
甑山道
Revised Romanization: Jeung San Do
McCune-Reischauer: Chŭngsando

Jeung San Do is a spiritual movement from Korea dedicated to the well-being of all people. This new religious movement has a universal message and a method of healing meditation based on the teachings of Jeung San Sangjenim, a nineteenth century religious leader described by Jeung San Do's practitioners as the governing spirit of the universe, personified and embodied. The central text of Jeung San Do, the Dojeon, was first published in Korean in 1992 which contains detail work of Cheonjigongsa, the Work of Renewal.

According to Jeung San Do's teachings, we live in a pivotal age. Throughout history, humankind has existed in conflict. For the most part, people achieved their goals at the expense of others. Strife has been a natural mode of growth, but this is all about to change.

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[edit] Meaning

Jeung San Do means "the dao of Jeung San." The word jeung (甑) connotes "to bring to maturity" or "to bring to fruition," and san (山) means "mountain." The entire phrase 'jeung san' signifies completion, maturation, and harmony. ('Jeung san' is also a traditional Korean descriptive term for the highest mountain in a region.) Do(道) denotes "dao," i.e., "way." Considered as a whole, therefore, the name 'Jeung San Do' signifies the highest truth that surpasses all existing religions and teachings.

[edit] Key theological concepts

[edit] Self-describing history

Jeung San Do is founded upon the teachings and spiritual work of Gang Il-Sun (1871-1909), known to his followers as Jeung San Sangjenim, and His successor Taemonim. Gang Il-Sun was born in 1871 in a small village called Gaeng mang nee (which means "expecting guests") in the area of the city of Kimje (also spelled Gimje) in what is now North Jeolla Province (aka Jeolla buk-do), in what is now South Korea. His family name was Gang (sometimes spelled as Gahng), His given name Ilsun, and He later adopted the name Jeung San, which means "Cauldron Mountain". Few in Korea have not heard of Gahng Jeung San. He is known by many as a prophet, a sage, a mysterious miracle worker, and a great healer. According to Jeung San Do philosophy, Shangdi in Confucianism, the Jade Emperor in Daoism, Maitreya in Buddhism, and God in Western teachings are one and the same, and his followers believe(d) that Jeung San Sangjenim was the embodiment of this entity.

At the age of seven, Sahngjenim attained a sudden spiritual awakening while watching a performance of traditional music and dance. When He was twenty-four, He witnessed the tumultuous events of the Donghak (Eastern Learning) Uprising in which an ill-equipped but determined army of farmers fought the troops of both the Korean government and the Japanese. This insurrection sparked a war between China and Japan fought on the Korean peninsula and ended with the crushing defeat of the farmers and Japan's occupation of the country. After observing the death and misery brought on by these events, Jeung San Sangjenim resolved to save the world from suffering.

He traveled for three years to observe human behavior and the shape, qi, and spirit of the land. In 1901, after a period of intensive meditation He attained perfect enlightenment into the affairs of heaven, earth, and humanity. About this He said:

Since ancient times, a few have mastered the writing of the heavens, a few have mastered the principles of earth, but no one has mastered the nature of humans. I am the first to master the nature of humans.
Dojeon 2:13:4-5

In that year, Sangjenim began a spiritual work that cannot be easily explained or understood. It was called the work of renewing heaven and earth(天地公事). For nine years, He conducted works of renewal in the form of rituals, proclamations, and conversations with humans and spirits and utilized the qi of various places and people. He established a federation of spirits called the Creative Government, composed of regional spirits, the founding spirits of family lines, spirits that founded and advanced civilizations, enlightened spirits, spirits with unresolved bitterness and grief, and the spirits of revolutionaries. With this assembly of spirits, He intended to correct the wrongs of the past and chart a new course for the future. His work of renewing heaven and earth shifted the course of heaven, earth, and humanity and planted the seeds for a new enlightened and harmonious world of humans and spirits.

There have been many sage prophets such as Nostradamus, Nam Sa Go, Zhu Changchun, St. John who authored the Revelation, and Edgar Cayce. Sangjenim differed from these in that He not only spoke about the future, but, through His spiritual work He actually transformed the future.

One way of understanding this is the Butterfly Effect in Edward Lorenz's Chaos Theory. According to that theory, a butterfly flapping its wings in America could cause or prevent a tornado in Indonesia. This of course illustrates the improbability of predicting any event in a highly complex system due to the difficulty of knowing all variables. But, what if someone were enlightened to the point of omnipotence? What if someone did know all the variables? Such a person could not only predict the future, but with the rippling effect of seemingly small actions could actually change the future.

About the method He used in the work of renewal, Sangjenim said:

"There are opportunities for human action," Sangjenim said. "There is a program for each heavenly principle. The work of renewal is based on creating the opportunity and establishing the program. If I were to abandon this method and perform the work forcibly, it would bring disaster upon the world and kill multitudes. That is not My intention."
Dojeon 2:55:7-8

[edit] Influence in the lead-up to the Japanese occupation of Korea

1894 and 1895 saw the advent of the Donghak Rebellion (also spelled as Tonghak and aka Nongmin Bonggi or "Farmer's Rebellion") in Korea. This rebellion, fueled by religious fervor of a Buddhist/Taoist "messiah" amongst them (the syncretic religion of Jeung San Do based on the teachings of Gang Il-Sun) and anger at the government for high taxes on rice, began in the Jeolla province of southwest Korea (which is now the North Jeolla province) and spread to central Korea. The Korean government in Seoul asked for Chinese assistance in ending the revolt. When China sent troops into Korea, Japan presented the Chinese dispatch as a justification send in its own troops to Korea. China and Japan soon went to war in the First Sino-Japanese War, which Japan won, and Japan forced another treaty onto Korea: the Treaty of Shimonoseki (1895), effectively beginning the Japanese occupation of Korea. Some historians argue that it was this initial entry into Korea by Japan which gave Japan a taste for territorial aggrandizement (much like the Western powers were doing) which led to the later wars of the 20th century.

[edit] See also

[edit] Vocabularies of Jeung San Do

  • Sangjenim 上帝
  • Taemonim 太母
  • Gaebyeok(or Gae-byuk) 開闢
  • Tae Eul Ju mantra 太乙呪
  • Wunshibanbon(Returning to the Origin) 原始反本
  • Haewun(Resolution of Bitterness and Grief) 解怨
  • Sangsaeng(Mutual life-giving) 相生
  • Boeun(Offering Gratitude and Repayment) 報恩
  • Dojeon - Sacred text of Jeung San Do 道典
  • Dojang - Dao center 道場
  • Cosmic Year - Shao Yung(AD 1011-1077) 宇宙一年
  • Euitong - To heal and to unite
  • Cheonjigongsa - Renewal of Heaven and Earth 天地公事
  • Nam Sa Go prophecy
  • Cosmology (disambiguation)

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