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Cao Daism (also called Dai Dao Tam Ky Pho Do, Third Revelation of the Great Way) is an indigenous Vietnamese religion centered in Tay Ninh Province in southern Vietnam that was officially founded and first propagated by Ngo Van Chieu...
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CAO DAI is a syncretistic modern Vietnamese religious movement founded in 1926 by Ngo Van Chieu (1878–1932; also known as Ngo Minh Chieu). An official of the French colonial administration, Chieu was widely read in both Eastern and Western...
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(“High Tower,” a Taoist epithet for the supreme god), syncretist modern Vietnamese religious movement with a strongly nationalist political character. Cao Dai draws upon ethical precepts from Confucianism, occult practices from Taoism,...
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Syncretist modern Vietnamese religious movement with a strongly nationalist political character. Cao Dai draws on ethical precepts from Confucianism, occult practices from Daoism, theories of karma and rebirth from Buddhism, and hierarchical...
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(Chinese Gao-tai=high terrace) The supreme being in Caodaism, a syncretic religion which made its appearance in Vietnam as late as 1919. His symbol is an eye inscribed in a heart. He is regarded as creator and redeemer, and is identified both with...
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Caodaism (Vietnamese: Cao Äài (help·info)) is a relatively new, syncretist, monotheistic religion, officially established in Tây Ninh, southern Vietnam, in 1926. Äạo Cao Äài is the religion's shortened name, the full name is Äại Äạo...


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