DAO TERMINOLOGY - REFERENCE ONLY
作揖 DEEP BOW
跪 KNEEL DOWN
叩首 DEEP BOW
明明上帝 GOD (CREATOR)
參駕 ARRIVING BOW
辭駕 LEAVING BOW
天地國親師 HEAVEN, EARTH, MOTHERLAND, PARENTS, TEACHERS
諸天神聖 ALL IMMORTALS, SAINTS AND BUDDHAS
五教聖人 THE SAINTS OF FIVE RELIGIONS
彌勒祖師 BUDDHA ME LER
南海古佛 BUDDHA OF NAN-HAI (BUDDHA GUAN-YIN)
活佛師尊 HOLY TEACHER, (BUDDHA JI-GONG)
月慧菩薩 BUDDHA YUE-HUE
各位法律主 LORDS OF JUSTICE
灶君 LORD OF KITCHEN
師尊 DIVINE PATRIARCH (HOLY TEACHER)
師母 DIVINE MATRIARCH
鎮殿元帥 ZEN DIEN YUNG SHUI (DIVINE ADMIRAL)
鎮殿將軍 ZEN DIEN JIAN JUN (DIVINE GENERAL)
教化菩薩 BUDDHISATTVA JIAO HWA (CULTIVATION BUDDHISATTVA)
各位大仙 ALL IMMORTALS
監班院長 DEAN OF HEAVENLY ACADEMY
護法大仙 GUARDIAN IMMORTAL
老前人 LAO CHEN REN (THE GREAT PEDECESSOR)
前人 CHEN REN (PREDECESSOR)
點傳師 DIEN CHUAN SHR
引保師 INTRODUCER AND GUARANTOR
前賢大眾 GENERAL PUBLIC
自己祖先 OUR ANCESTORS
金公祖師 PATRIARCH JIN-GONG (THE 17TH PATRIARCH)
天然古佛 BUDDHA TIAN-RANG (THE 18TH PATRIARCH)
中華聖母 CHUNG HWA SAINT-MU (THE 18TH MATRIARCH)
獻香禮 INCENSE OFFERING CEREMONY
默念愿懺文 SILENTLY RECITE OF REPENTANCE
虔心跪在 SINCERELY KNEEL DOWN
明明上帝蓮下 IN FRONT OF GOD
幸受真傳 TO RECEIVE DAO
彌勒祖師 BUDDHA ME LER
妙法無邊 HAS DHARMA OF WONDER
護庇眾生 PROTECT ALL SENTIENT BEINGS
懺悔佛前 I REPENT BEFORE BUDDHA
改過自新 TO CORRECT MY FAULTS
同註天盤 REGISTER IN HEAVEN
凡係佛堂 WHENEVER IN TEMPLE
顛倒錯亂 THERE'RE PERVERSION AND MISTAKES
望祈祖師 PRAY TO BUDDHA ME LER
赦罪容寬 TO FORGIVE US
南無阿彌十佛天元 BUDDHA ME LER BLESSING UPON US
謝謝老中大慈大悲 OUR GRATITUDE TO LAO-MU (HEAVENLY MOTHER)
FOR HER GREAT COMPASSION
獻香禮畢 END OF INCENSE OFFERING
放手鞠躬，退 BOW, STEP BACK
素食者 VEGETARIAN
儒家 CONFUCIANISM
佛經 SUTRA
聖經 BIBLE
論語 THE BOOK OF CONFUCIU'S SAYINGS
孟子 MENCIUS OR THE BOOK OF MENCIUS’SAYINGS
大學 THE GREAT LEARNING
中庸 DOCTRINE OF MEAN
金剛經 DIAMOND SUTRA
心經 HEART SUTRA
壇經 PLATFORM SUTRA
達摩 BODHI DHARMA
六祖 THE SIXTH PATRIARCH OF DAO (PATRIARCH HUE-NENG)
謝恩 TO SHOW OUR GRATITUDE
三天法會 THREE-DAY SEMINAR
辦事人員 TEMPLE STAFF
壇主 TEMPLE HOST
修道 CULTIVATE DAO
辦道 PROPAGATE DAO
行功了愿 FULFILL ONE'S VOWS TO ACCUMULATE MERITS
象天 THE EARTHLY WORLD
氣天仙 ASCENDED MASTER IN ETHEREAL PLANE
氣天 ETHEREAL PLANE
理天 ABSOLUTE HEAVEN
十五條佛規 THE FIFTEEN BUDDHA'S PRECEPTS
尊敬仙佛 RESPECT BUDDHAS AND IMMORTALS
尊前提後 RESPECT CHEN SHEN (PREDECESSORS) AND GUIDE HO SHUE (PEOPLE WHO COME AFTER)
齋莊中正 TO BE DIGNIFIED AND UPRIGHT
循規蹈矩 FOLLOW THE PRECEPTS AND BEING PROPER
責任負起 TAKING THE RESPONSIBILITY
重聖輕凡 VALUE THE SACRED AND DISCOUNT THE WORLDLY
謙恭和藹 TO BE HUMBLE, RESPECTFUL, HARMONIOUS AND KIND
勿棄聖訓 DO NOT DISCARD HOLY TEACHINGS
莫著形象 DO NOT ATTACH TO FORMS AND IMAGES
手續必清 ALL TRANSACTIONS MUST BE CLEAR
出告反面 REPORT TO PREDECESSORS WHEN LEAVING AND
RETURNING
不亂系統 DO NOT DISTURB THE DAO LINEAGE
(NOT HOP AROUND TEMPLES)
愛惜公務 TO VALUE AND TREASURE PUBLIC PROPERTIES
活潑應事 TO BE AGILE AND VIVACIOUS WITH ISSUES
謹言慎行 BE CAUTIOUS WITH ONE'S WORDS AND ACTIONS
六條大愿 THE SIX GREAT VOWS
重聖輕凡 TO VALUE THE SACRED AND TO DISCOUNT THE WORLDLY
財法雙施 TO CONTRIBUTE MONEY AND SPREAD DAO
MESSAGE TO OTHERS
清口茹素 T0 BE A VEGETARIAN
捨身辦道 TO DEVOTE ONESELF IN PROPAGATING DAO
開設佛堂 TO ESTABLISH DAO TEMPLE
開荒下種 TO PIONEER DAO
三施 THE THREE KINDS OF GIVING
財施 MONETARY GIVING
法施 SPREADING DAO MESSAGE
無畏施 COURAGEOUS GIVING
內聖外王 TO CULTIVATE INNER VIRTUES AND OUTER MERITS
玄關 HEAVENLY GATE
口訣 HOLY MANTRA
合同 HAND SEAL (UNIFICATION)
道親 DAO RELATIVES
講師 INSTRUCTOR
前賢 PREDECESSORS
後學 HO SHUE
三寶 THREE TREASURES
三曹普渡 TO PROPAGATE DAO IN THE THREE REALMS
青陽 GREEN PERIOD
紅陽 RED PERIOD
白陽 WHITE PERIOD
獻供禮 TEA AND FRUIT PRESENTATION
成道 ACHIEVE ATTAINMENT OR ACHIEVE BUDDHAHOOD
請壇禮 INVITATION OF GOD AND BUDDHAS' CEREMONY
因果 CAUSE AND EFFECT
六道輪迴 THE SIX REALMS OF REINCARNATIONS
超生了死 TRANSCENDING THE CYCLE OF LIFE AND DEATH
仁義禮智信 BENEVOLENCE, RIGHTEOUSNESS, PROPRIETY,
WISDOM, FAITH
躲劫避難 TO AVOID DISASTERS AND CALAMITIES
開悟 ENLIGHTENMENT
法喜 DAO JOY