11The Completion of the 50-Year Holy Work and Transmission of the Lineage
  • Ordering the Holy Works of Shihak and Shibeop

    Doju ordered devotees to prepare the performance of cultivatory Holy Works (Gongbu) in the 11th lunar month of the Jeongyu (1957). He developed methods of cultivation, ceremonies, and ceremonial protocol and directed devotees to engage in communal Holy Works. These Holy Works are known as Shihak (Serving the Teaching) and Shibeop (Serving the Dharma), representing the culmination of Doju’s 50-Year Holy Work. For both Shihak and Shibeop, a class comprises thirty-six individuals who recite specific incantations throughout the entire day. These Holy Works are methods of Dao cultivation harmonizing humans and divine beings while facilitating the advancement of the Degree Numbers (Dosu) of Heaven and Earth in union. They are the true dharma that leads devotees to glorious destinies and Dao-unification in the Earthly Paradise of the Later World. These practice methods were handed down by Doju to Dojeon through a deathbed edict, and Dojeon thereby became the successor in the Orthodox Religious Lineage.
  • Appointing Dojeon as the Prime Dojeon

    Late in the 2nd lunar month of the Musul Year (mid-April 1958 on the western calendar) in a gathering of top executives, Doju made the announcement, “I will appoint Park Han-Gyeong as Dojeon. He will serve as the Prime Dojeon, completly distinct from the former attendant Dojeon.” He further revealed that the Prime Dojeon would assume leadership over the Dao practitioners with full authority and responsibility for the operations of the Dao. Prior to this, in the 12th lunar month of the Jeongyu (1957), Doju bestowed the honorific name ‘Wudang’ upon Dojeon. These various events occurred during Doju’s 100-days Holy Work to adjust certain Degree Numbers (Dosu), spanning from the end of the 11th lunar month of 1957 to just 3 days before he passed into Heaven.
  • The Completion of the 50-Year Holy Work

    “I am actualizing the Degree Number that Sangje set.”

    Through the Completion of his 50-Year Holy Work, Doju proclaimed the truth of the Great Dao of the Resolution of Grievances for Mutual Beneficence and ultimately created Shihak and Shibeop, the Dao cultivation methods of the true dharma that usher in the Era of Human Nobility. He then transmitted the Lineage of Religious Orthodoxy to Dojeon as a deathbed edict.

    1909 The Mandate to Serve Heaven (Bongcheon-myeong)
    Doju received the Mandate to Serve Heaven in Manchuria and began his 50-Year Holy Work.

    1917 Realization and Dao-Attainment
    Doju became a successor in the Orthodox Religious Lineage by realizing the Daesoon Truth of Sangje and attaining the Dao.

    After receiving a Divine Revelation from Sangje to return to Korea, Doju preached the dharma of the Great Dao of the Resolution of Grievances for Mutual Beneficence and performed Holy Works according to previously defined Degree Numbers (Dosu).

    1925 The Founding of Mugeukdo
    Doju founded Mugeukdo on Dochang Hill-Path in Gutaein Township, North Jeolla Province and enshrined Sangje as “Gucheon Eungwon Noeseong Bohwa Cheonjon Sangje (the Supreme God of the Ninth Heaven, Celestial Worthy of Universal Creation through His Thunderbolt, the Originator with Whom All Beings Resonate).” He also proclaimed the tenets, creeds, and aims of his order.

    Doju persisted in carrying out Holy Works despite the oppression that he faced during the Japanese occupation.

    1948 Establishing the Dao Headquarters
    After Korea gained liberation, the Dao Headquarters was moved to the town of Bosu in Busan, and the Dao was spread anew.

    1957 Enshrining the 15 Categories of Divine Beings
    After enshrining the 15 Categories of Divine Beings at Yeongdae Shirine of Daegang-jeon Hall in the temple in Gamcheon, he ordered the implementation of the Holy Works of Shihak and Shibeop during the 11th lunar month of that year. These Holy Works are genuine methods of Dao cultivation as the true dharma that advance and optimize the Degree Numbers (Dosu) of Heaven and Earth through humans and divine beings in harmony.

    1958 The Completion of the 50-Year Holy Work
    After completing the 100-day Degree Number on the 6th day of the 3rd lunar month, Doju declared. “This is the year when the 50-Year Holy Work is completed and the ultimate energy arrives now; in April. I must leave now. Do not lose heart at all despite my absence. Continue to fulfill your tasks as you have been instructed.” He then transmitted the Orthodox Religious Lineage to Dojeon through a deathbed edict and passed into Heaven.
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