Originally posted by bohiruci:
it is of course a sintua ... registered with De jiao association(singapore Taoist association )
it have buddhist chanting for the dead ,but activities is 94 percent taoist
Is the Bai Yun Palace, in chinese means Hundred Cloud Palace?
If so, to the best of my knowledge, Bai Yun Palace is neither De Jiao nor Taoist related, it is a society of its own.
As for De Jiao, refering to here
http://www.thkms.org.sg/Aboutus.htm it seems that they are what they named - more on the moral side, rather than on any profound philosophy. Given respect to that, I don't see that they are in anyway related to Taoism (which you'd bracketed above), in either the philosophy or the mystical way.
I know that Singapore Taoist Mission is headed by Li Zhiwang Dao-zhang which you can take a look at
http://www.taoism.org.sg/. And there is a Singapore Taoist Federation that is at San Qing Gong and operated by Lorong Koo Chye Sheng Hong Temple Association which you can refer here
http://www.shtemple.org.sg/cheng%20huang%20xin%20yang%20eng.htmMaybe I too long no come out walk-walk, could you kindly enlightened me where is the Singapore Taoist
Association as you had mentioned above?
Bai Yun does have buddhist chanting but it seems like its rituals have some difference with the conventional ones, this have to be further verified.
And how do you know it's 94 percent taoist? Not say 98 percent? Or in the first place it's not taoist-related?