中国道教正一派首次国内授箓传度法会在江西龙虎山举行

中国道教正一派首次国内授箓传度法会在江西龙虎山举行中国道教正一派首次国内授传度法会,于１９９５年１２月５日至７日在道教正一祖庭江西龙虎山天师府内隆重举行。前来参加这次授传度的１９０多位生来自江苏、上海、湖南、湖北、安徽、甘肃、浙江、江西、云南、福建等...     

明朝龙虎山天师府建置与易学思想片论

本文就明朝龙虎山天师府建置形式、建置布局,结合易学思想,进行了系统的论述.明朝龙虎山天师府建置形式为大堂、私第、家庙、万法宗坛、玄武池等.其中本文首次考证出府内玄武池开挖具体时间,明朝龙虎山天师府建置布局采用后天八卦模式,认为龙虎山天师府建置形式、建置布局与易学思想存在内在关联.     

国内新闻

江西龙虎山天师府举办海外道教文化培训班4月16日,来自美国、英国、德国、新西兰、克罗地亚、斯洛文尼亚六国的道教信徒来到江西龙虎山天师府,参加为期5天的道教文化短期培训班。该培训班先后举行了道教基础知识、道教气功、易经文化、道教方术、道教科仪等方面的培训,为海外道     

台湾道友晋谒龙虎山祖庭

近来,随着海峡两岸形势的好转,台湾一批批道友、信士陆续来到江西龙虎山正一天师祖庭进香谒祖。仅六月间,天师府就接待了台湾台中县神冈村等两个进香团。八月二日,台湾省台中市慈圣宫进香团一行二十六人,满怀对天师祖庭的敬仰之心,专程从福州来龙虎山天师府进香谒祖,以了平生之愿。慈圣宫进香团恭恭敬敬地把护送来的天师圣像护送到祖庭宗坛上,要求祖庭的法官道士为其举行开光仪式。龙虎山天师府为欢迎久别     

龙虎山天师府“下元节”为海外弟子传度授篆

道历四千六百九十九年农历十月十四日至十六日(公元2002年11月18日——20日)，龙虎山天师府依祖制每年以三元日(正月十五日，七日十五日，十月十五日)登坛授篆，举行了为期三天的“下元节”开坛传度授篆。此次为海外正一派弟子授篆60余人，分别来自香港、台湾、新……     

丙申(2016)年内地正一派道士初授活动举办

正经国家宗教局批准,由中国道协主办、江西省道协协办、龙虎山嗣汉天师府承办的丙申(2016)年内地正一派道士初授箓活动于10月27日至11月1日在龙虎山天师府举行。本次活动是自1991年恢复授箓以来,天师府第36次授箓。来自全国17个省、自治区、直辖市的283名箓生临坛受箓。     

参加授（升）箓的一些感想

为提高道教的自身文化建设和道风建设,中国道教协会在著名的道教圣地道教祖庭江西龙虎山天师府举行正一派道士授(升)箓活动。我能有幸参加这次学习交流活动,感到非常高兴和欣慰。这无形地激发了我的学习兴趣,提升了我们的上进精神。     

龙虎山天师府举办庚寅年祝禧祈福禳灾太平清醮

<正>今年(庚寅年),我国和世界上的许多地方发生了严重的自然灾害。为了弘扬中国道教济世利人、关爱众生、扶危济困的一贯宗旨,龙虎山嗣汉天师府决定举办大型醮仪,祷告普天神灵,广施无上法力,消灾祛厄,普济苍生,祈求人寿年丰,世界安宁。     

忆龚群先生

龚群先生已然离开了我们,得知消息,不胜哀痛！目睹龚先生生前主办并题赠给我的厚厚几册《道教文化》杂志合订本,还有一封封的亲笔书信,许多往事不由自主地浮现在眼前。龚先生是我的长辈,又是江西老乡。他曾和我们的大祖父６３代天师张恩浦在台湾多年相处,并皈依天师门下。还曾担任过居台嗣汉天师府秘书长,和“天师道”有着不解之缘。由于这种关系,龚老对龙虎山天师府祖庭以及我们便显得格外地关心。１９８８年８月,海峡两岸开始沟通不久,龚老便率先带台中慈圣宫进香团一行专程到江西龙虎山天师府进香谒祖。我从北京赶回龙虎山,和…     

龙虎山天师府隆重举行建府九百周年庆典

2005年10月23日,天师府隆重举行道教正一派祖庭龙虎山天师府建府九百周年庆典活动。中央统战部副部长朱维群,国家宗教局一司副司长杨伯明,中国道教协会会长任法融、副会长林舟、张凤林、秘书长袁炳栋、副秘书长袁志鸿、李兆彩、张明心;江西省政协副主席、省委统战部部长王林森,     

From Freud to Gehrig to Rapaport to DiMaggio

Lacking the size, talent, and speed to play shortstop for the New York Yankees, I chose instead to become a psychologist/psychoanalyst. Yet, baseball and psychoanalysis share much in common. Each is played in the inner diamonds of one's mind, values the past and what is passing, and requires a strong work ethic. Both are timeless and involve an almost boring leisureliness between occasional moments of crisis. Then too, each calls for an attitude of consistency and patience and a responsibility to do one's best. From my parents and brother to my wife and son and his family, from my teachers and supervisors to my colleagues, and from Menninger to the Society for Personality Assessment (SPA), I feel deeply grateful for the partners and teammates I have and have had.     

From Biology to Consciousness to Morality

Abstract. Social animals are provisioned with prosocial orientations that operate to transcend self‐interest. Morality, as used here, describes human versions of such orientations. We explore the evolutionary antecedents of morality in the context of emergentism, giving considerable attention to the biological traits that undergird awareness and our emergent human forms of mind. We suggest that our moral frames of mind emerge from our primate prosocial capacities, transfigured and valenced by our symbolic languages, cultures, and religions.     

How Not to Apply to College

Samples of letters written by college students are excerpted to demonstrate the deterioration of students' writing skills. The relative unimportance many college students and graduates attach to the art of writing letters of inquiry is emphasized. A checklist is provided to assist students in preparing letters requesting information from colleges and universities.     

From object to image to object

Images are mental representations accommodated by grammatical structures. These structures order sensori-input of information as well as provide for articulated ways of expressing motor sequences associated with images. The psychological process of perception is reflected in the development of paradigmatic structures. The psychological process of action (behavior and its mental representations) is reflected in the development of syntagmatic structures. Forming and expressing imagery requires both paradigmatic and syntagmatic structuring. The former relates to logical issues of identity of objects and to the formation of concepts. The latter relates to the solution of psycho-logical questions of causality through articulation of grammatical roles in sentences. Two issues affecting the formation of a model to account for imagery are examined: (1) The tendency to explain imagery as a result of motor sequences and to utilize performance grammar. (2) The impact of ontogenesis on social processes affecting the logical and psycho-logical concerns facing the person at different stages of development. The grammar of imagery is seen as broader than one of performance. The epistemology of imagemaking does not reflect a linear ontogenetic development which precludes attention to problems of creating the logical structures of an object.     

Reply to Letter to the Editor

The current policy of the National Institute of Health designed to increase the participation of women and minorities is radically different from previous policies designed to protect minorities from abuses in research studies. The principal arguments to support this policy are twofold: 1) Increased representation of minorities and women in research would increase the generalizability of research data and allow for valid analyses of differences in subpopulations; and 2) being in a clinical research study is advantageous to participants regardless of the final research study results. It remains unclear whether minorities find these arguments compelling. Instead of telling minorities that participation in research is good for them, the research community should focus on understanding what minority communities want from clinical research and then tailoring the message to meet this need. Persuasive arguments to promote long-term increased representation of minorities in clinical research must come from within minority communities.