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anyone knows anything about i guan dao?
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
I-Kuan Tao, also Yi Guan Dao, or usually initialized as IKT (一貫道, translated as the Unity Sect) is a new religious movement that originated in twentieth-century China. At the same time it incorporates much older elements from Confucianism, Taoism, and Chinese Buddhism, and recognizes the validity of non-Chinese religious traditions such as Christianity and Islam as well. For this reason it is often classified as a syncretistic or syncretic sect, along with other similar religions in the Xiantiandao (Way of Former Heaven family (see link below).
I-Kuan Tao flourished in Taiwan starting in the 1970s. Currently, it is the third most popular faith in Taiwan (after Buddhism and Taoism). It claims two million members (this may be exaggerated), and in overseas Chinese communities around the world.
A survey in 2002 showed that there were 845,000 followers with over 3,100 temples. In the People's Republic of China it remains banned as an illegal secret society, as was the case in Taiwan until 1987. The Chinese government still forbids any Tian Dao activity in the People's Republic of China.
The World I-Kuan Tao Headquarters is situated in the United States, in El Monte, California.
Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiguandao - sparks9653Lv 61 decade ago
A guan dao or kwan dao is a type of Chinese pole weapon that is currently used in some forms of Chinese martial arts