Fung Loy Kok Inst Of Taoism St John

The Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism (FLK) observes the unified teachings of the three religions of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. Its mission is to deliver all from suffering, both the living and the dead, by pursuing the way of community service, rituals and ceremonies, and the cultivation of body and mind.

Fung Loy Kok promotes the principle of all cultures and religions moving together in harmony. Individuals of all backgrounds and beliefs are welcome to participate in Fung Loy Kok.

Fung Loy Kok Taoist Tai Chi® holds All Souls events at each of our three temples annually. This practice follows Master Moy Lin Shin’s wishes to heal the sick and soothe the deceased. All Souls begins this year with Taoist chanting ceremonies at our Wong Dai Sin Temple today. Ceremonies will also be held at the International Centre, near Orangeville, next weekend and at the D’Arcy St Temple from August 13 till August 15.

Each year the gate of the realm of the dead is opened for the first half of the seventh lunar month, and the souls of the deceased, including any lost and hungry souls, can be blessed and receive offerings and gift packages from their families or friends. Most importantly, the souls are invited to come and listen to the chanting. We hope that they will listen to the wisdom in the sutras, and become free by resolving any attachment, entanglements, or conflicts they had during their lifetimes.

Taoism emphasizes spiritual development through cultivation of both mind and body, with the ultimate goal of achieving harmony within oneself and with the world.

There are three main aspects of Taoist practice:

• performing good deeds,
• rituals and ceremonies,
• arts of transformation (internal alchemy).

The foundation of this practice is established through the Taoist Tai Chi® arts which include Tai Chi, meditation, Hsing-I, rituals and ceremonies, Tai Chi Sword, community service, Lok Hup Ba Fa, chanting and Tai Chi Sabre as taught by Master Moy Lin Shin and provided by FLK.

Participants will have the opportunity to practice any and all components of this training as they choose.

Our history

In 1968, a Taoist Monk Master Moy Lin Shin and Mr. Mui Ming To co-founded Fung Loy Kok in Hong Kong. In 1970 Master Moy immigrated to Canada, where he started to teach Taoist Tai Chi® arts, including Tai Chi, meditation (walking, standing, sitting, sleeping), chanting of scriptures, Taoist alchemy and energy circulation and the cultivation of health. He also taught his students to cultivate their conduct in order to tame their hearts and practise virtue, and took care on a number of occasions to point out the connection between the virtues and the health of the body. His actions exemplified how these virtues can be put into practice.

In 1981, he opened the first Fung Loy Kok high shrine at the Society’s Bathurst Street location in Toronto. In 1984, the International Centre was established in a rural location near Orangeville, Ontario, and quickly became agathering place for practitioners from around the world to study and train in the arts that Master Moy taught.