Sociedade Taoísta do Brasil巴西道教协会与至妙玄光庙
- Type
- Overseas Daoist Temples
- Location
- Brazil · Rio de Janeiro State · Rio de Janeiro · Rua Cosme Velho 355, Cosme Velho, Rio de Janeiro; a second temple is located in São Paulo
- School
- Zhengyi (Orthodox Unity) Daoism
- First built
- 15 January 1991 · Founder Wu Jyh Cherng (1958–2004), a native of Taipei; the Rio de Janeiro temple opened in 1991, and the second temple in São Paulo was completed in March 2002
Overview
The Sociedade Taoísta do Brasil was established on 15 January 1991, founded by the Taipei-born Daoist priest Wu Jyh Cherng (1958–2004), and belongs to the Zhengyi lineage (Ordem Ortodoxa Unitária / Dzen Yi) — the only Daoist organization in Latin America formally recognized by, and in contact with, the Chinese Taoist Association. Its headquarters and first temple, the Templo da Transparência Sublime (Temple of Sublime Transparency), are located in Cosme Velho, Rio de Janeiro, and opened in 1991; a second temple in São Paulo was completed in March 2002. Wu Jyh Cherng traveled to Brazil to teach the Dao, translating and annotating Daoist scriptures such as the Daodejing and the Qingjing Jing into Portuguese and lecturing publicly on them, giving Daoism a systematic doctrinal presence in the Portuguese-speaking world, and Rio de Janeiro thereby became the main base for Daoism's spread across the states of Brazil. After Wu Jyh Cherng's death in Rio on 10 September 2004, the organization has continued to the present day. Note: the headquarters is in Rio de Janeiro, not São Paulo.
Highlights
- The only organization in Latin America recognized by the Chinese Taoist Association
- Zhengyi ritual lineage
- Wu Jyh Cherng's Portuguese translations and annotations of Daoist scriptures
- Temples in both Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo