What's the difference between a Taoist priest and a mage?

The difference lies in: different definitions, different positions, but there is a common religious correspondence.

1, with different definitions: Taoist is a Taoist in China, and Taoist is the main disseminator and image spokesman of profound Taoist culture; Master mage is a degree title. Xuanzang in the Tang Dynasty was known as the master of Sanzang because he was proficient in Sanzang.

2. Different responsibilities: Taoists follow the teachings, perform the initiation ceremony, accept all kinds of commandments, and live a poor and lonely religious life, but in fact, it is of high standard and high purity; The mage is an able person, who can understand the law and speak.

3. Similarity: In Buddhism, a monk who can speak Buddhist scriptures is called a mage. In Taoism, a Taoist who is proficient in precepts, presides over fasting ceremonies and teaches others to enter the Tao is called a mage.

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Conditions for becoming a monk:

1, healthy, six feet, no smoking, drinking, gambling and other bad hobbies. The age is between 17 and 60 years old, and the parents agree. No legal disputes, no debts, no marriage relationship.

2. Have a certain educational level, just above junior high school. Of course, the higher the better, but a high degree is not necessarily a good thing. If we pay too much attention to writing, it is often not conducive to practice and becomes a well-known obstacle. If you want to become a monk, you can bring your parents' written materials, ID cards, household registration certificates (issued by the police station) and physical fitness to the temple you think is predestined friends. It is best to have acquaintances and references.

3. After arriving at the Taoist temple, we should do everything according to the requirements of the Taoist temple, put down all the entertainment facilities in the world, enter the test stage, do it during the test stage, recite morning and evening classes, learn Taoist etiquette and learn the basic knowledge of Taoism.

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