Wu (awareness)

Wu (Chinese: ; pinyin: ) 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

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References

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  1. ^ Fan & Chen (2013), p. 26-27.
  2. ^ a b c Fan & Chen (2013), p. 27.

Bibliography

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  • 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.