I-Kuan Tao

What is I-Kuan Tao? 一貫道是什麼?

I-Kuan Tao, pronounced Yee Guan Dao, is a religious group that carries, promotes, and transmits the Esoteric Dharma (teaching) awarded by God in this eschatological age.

一貫道是一個修行團體,旨在此末後時期傳承、弘揚、傳受由上帝特許的修行密法。

Life consists of physical body and spiritual soul. Our bodies are created by our parents and our souls are created by the ultimate supreme spiritual being.
人的生命蘊含著肉體與靈性,肉體來自於父母親而靈性來自於至尊至上的萬靈主宰。


Most people call the ultimate supreme spiritual being God. We call this spiritual being Míngmíng Shàngdì or Lǎo Mǔ, meaning Heavenly Mother.
一般人稱這個至尊至上萬靈主宰為上帝,而我們稱之為明明上帝或老母娘,也就是在天上的母親。


Our lives are dominated by our minds and our minds are our souls in function. Our souls are therefore the essence of our lives.
我們的生命由我們的心主導,而我們的心就是我們靈性(靈魂)的作用。以此看,靈性才是我們生命的本體。

Soul never dies. It means we will continue to live even without our body. Therefore, we had lives before current life and will have lives after. This phenomenon is call samsara or reincarnation.
靈性不會死,這意味著即使沒有了肉體我們也會繼續活著。所以我們有前世、今生、來世。這種情形稱為輪迴。

Karma (deeds and volition) creates what we are today and will continue to influence our lives in future. It also means that we create our own lives. We, therefore, are responsible for our destiny.
業力造就我們現在的生命,也會繼續成就我們未來的生命。這也意味著命運是自己創造的。因此我們得完全為自己的命運負責。

We are capable of attaining buddhahood (enlightened being or ascended being) in which our lives will enjoy constant peace and beatific joy.
我們都有能力見性成佛。見性成佛後的生命狀態是永恆的平安和喜悅。