Eleventh International Conference on Religion & Spirituality in Society

Abstract

In the second half of the nineteenth century, Vietnam was influenced by Han culture, so there are many similarities in religion and folk beliefs. Again afterwards the acceptance process of the Catholic Church introduced from Europe is quite similar. Therefore, in the spiritual life of Vietnamese civil society, Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity, Islam and folk beliefs can be said to be the main trend, but in the twentieth century, two indigenous new religions were born: Caodai and He Hao Jiao, both of which are produced and developed in the south, each of which has millions of believers and are becoming important Vietnamese religions. Their political participation has a major impact on the development of the Republic of Vietnam, and their fate is also in the north and south. Caodai was later approved by the colonial authorities and became the third largest religion in Vietnam. The teachings of Caodai teach the ideas of the major religions of the world. The classics used in the teachings also contain important theories of various religions, with particular emphasis on the comprehensiveness of the three sects of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism. Caodai believers believe that Caodaism is an emerging new religion in Vietnam. This paper presents the author’s analysis of the actual process of tutoring in Vietnam’s Caodai, and then compares it with the consistent religious experience, trying to explore the Yi-Kuan-Tao and consistent Yi-Kuan-Tao rituals, religious organization, religious teachings, religious life care, funeral rituals, and other comparative studies.