Wu (Chinese: 悟; pinyin: Wù) is a concept of awareness, consciousness, or spiritual enlightenment in the Chinese folk religion.[1]
According to scholarly studies, many practitioners who have recently "reverted" to the Chinese traditional religion speak of an "opening of awareness" Kai wu (Chinese: 開悟; pinyin: Kāi wù) or "awakening of awareness" Jue wu (Chinese: 覺悟; pinyin: Juéwù) of the interconnectedness of reality in terms of the cosmic-moral harmony (bào yìng) as it relates to mìng yùn and yuán fèn.[2]
This spiritual awareness, wu, works as an engine that moves these themes from being mere ideas to be motivating forces in one's life:[2]
- awareness of mìng yùn ignites responsibility towards life;
- awareness of yuan fen stirs one to respond to events rather than resigning.
Awareness is a dynamic factor and appears in two guises: first, as a realisation that arrives as a gift, often unbidden, then as a practice that the person intentionally follows.[2]
See also
edit- Chinese folk religion
- Ming yun
- Bao ying
- Yuan fen
- Satori, a similar concept in Japanese Buddhism
References
edit- ^ Fan & Chen (2013), p. 26-27.
- ^ a b c Fan & Chen (2013), p. 27.
Bibliography
edit- Fan, Lizhu; Chen, Na (2013). "The Revival of Indigenous Religion in China" (PDF). China Watch. Fudan University, Fudan-UC Center for China Studies. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195338522.013.024. Preprint from The Oxford Handbook of Religious Conversion, 2014.