A Brief meditation on Daoist prayer

Bokenkamp, Stephen R. (author)

Prayer is a little-studied aspect of religious experience. This is especially true for a religion such as Daoism (Taoism), a Chinese religion widely known for its meditation practices and often confused with Buddhism. But, beyond meditation, Daoism had, from its beginnings as an organized religion in the second century C. E., prescribed methods of verbal communication with the higher powers, both in communal and private settings. This essay explores a few of these in hopes of prompting further investigation.

• Language: English
• Keywords: Daoism, vows, Buddhism, refuge, transgressions, commitment
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: TEOF - Theological Faculty
• Publication status: In print
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.01.2024
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: Str. 241-254
• Numbering: Letn. 79, št. 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-166207
• UDC: 221.3-583
• ISSN on article: 2335-4127
• DOI: 10.34291/Edinost/79/02/Bokenkamp
• COBISS.SI-ID: 220258819
• Publication date in RUL: 24.12.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Edinost in dialog : revija za ekumensko teologijo in medreligijski dialog = Unity and dialogue : journal for ecumenical theology and interreligious dialogue
• Publisher: Založba Univerze v Ljubljani, Teološka fakulteta Univerze v Ljubljani, Enota v Mariboru in Inštitut Stanka Janežiča za dogmatično, osnovno in ekumensko teologijo ter religiologijo in dialog
• ISSN: 2335-4127
• COBISS.SI-ID: 268194560

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Kratka meditacija o daoistični molitvi

Abstract

Molitev je malo raziskan vidik verskega izkustva. To še posebej velja za religije, kot je daoizem (taoizem), kitajska religija, ki je znana po svojih meditacijskih praksah in jo pogosto zamenjujejo z budizmom. Toda poleg meditacije je daoizem že od svojih začetkov kot organizirana religija v drugem stoletju pred našim štetjem predpisoval metode verbalnega sporazumevanja z višjimi silami tako v skupnem kot v zasebnem okolju. Ta esej obravnava nekaj teh metod v upanju, da bo spodbudil nadaljnje raziskave.

• Keywords: daoizem, zaobljube, budizem, zatočišče, prestopki, zaveza(nost)