The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2707 page)

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GOSAN
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(Chin., ‘five periods, seven stages’).
Taoist
analysis of progress to the goal. First:

(i) the mind is always on the move;
(ii) the mind calms down;
(iii) calm and movement are in balance;
(iv) calm predominates by concentration on an object of meditation;
(v) the mind rests and is not
‘kept going’
by external inputs. Next:

(i) anxiety then subsides;
(ii) the appearance reverts to that of a child at rest, but supernatural powers develop;
(iii) the condition of immortal (
hsien
) is attained;
(iv) 
ch'i
is perfected, and the perfect being (
chen-jen
) emerges;
(v) shen-jen is attained;
(vi) harmony with all forms is attained;
(vii) perfect harmony with
Tao
is realized in the practice of life.

 
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PILGRIMAGE
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Wu-t'ai-shan
(‘Five Terrace Mountain’)
.

Place of pilgrimage for Chinese Buddhists who venerate
Mañju
ri
(Chin., Wen-shu). It is in Shansi province. Nearly sixty of the monasteries survive from the more than 200 of its heyday (6th cent. CE).

 
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WU-HSING
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Wu-tou-mi Tao
(‘five pecks of rice Taoism’)
.

School of religious
Taoism
(
tao-chiao
), founded by
Chang Tao-ling
(2nd cent. CE) and his grandson,
Chang Lu
. Those wishing to join paid five pecks of rice to the functionaries (
tao-shih
), hence the name. The leaders were called tien-shih, celestial masters, and this is another name for the school, the Celestial Master, or Heavenly Master, School. It has continued to the present day, more respectfully known as
cheng-yi
,
‘the Orthodox way’
.