The History of the Dao Movement

Dialogue 1
A: Can you tell me about the history of Jeung San Do?
B: After Sangjenim’s ascension, the dao movement underwent three major changes during the last 100-year process of maturation which leads to today.

A: Did Taemonim start the first stage?
B: Yes. Jeung San Do’s first stage was established by Taemo Go Subunim, who succeeded the dao lineage, during the time of the Japanese occupation of Korea. After Sangjenim’s ascension, the disciples, who felt lost, finally came together and gathered around Taemonim. Among them, Cha Gyeong-seok started an organization named Bocheongyo, which attracted seven million members.

Dialogue 2
A: Then what was the second stage?
B: Jeung San Do’s second phase in the destiny of the dao started as the Japanese imperialism was driven out of Korea and the country finally regained its independence in 1945. Ahn Un-san, His Holiness the Taesang Jongdosanim, who was waiting for the right time while traveling and studying the world, finally started a new beginning for the history of dao affairs.

A: What is the third stage of Jeung San Do’s history?
B: The third phase started in 1974 by His Holiness the Taesang Jongdosanim and His Holiness the Jongdosanim. During the first and second stages, about 10 million practitioners followed the teachings of Jeung-san Sangjenim but did not really know who Sangjenim was, why He incarnated as a human, or exactly what He did. Only with the publication of the Dojeon in the third phase, a new era of Sangjenim's dao has begun.