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The Daoist Foundation  (Daojiao jijin hui 道教基金會) is a non-profit religious and educational organization dedicated to preserving and transmitting traditional Daoist (Taoist) culture.  Established in September of 2007, the foundation is a federal non-profit organization (501[c][3]) and public charity (170[b][1][A][vi]).

 

The Daoist Foundation was formed by Dr. Louis Komjathy and Kate Townsend with the vision of establishing a viable Daoist community in America rooted in Daoist practice-realization. With over thirty years of combined experience in Daoist study and practice, they are uniquely qualified as guides for Daoist training. Their experience includes intensive training with lineage-based Chinese Daoist monastics and prominent second-generation American Daoist teachers as well as formal academic study with some of the foremost senior scholars of Daoism. As Daoist practitioners and spiritual directors, they are committed to fostering the flourishing of authentic and tradition-based Daoist practice, community, and culture with an attentiveness to the needs and concerns of Western students.  

 

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Louis Komjathy (Kang Siqi 康思奇; Xiujing 修靜; Wanrui 萬瑞; Ph.D.; C.S.O.) is a scholar-practitioner of Daoism with over 14 years of experience. He received his Ph.D. in Religious Studies (Boston University; 2005), with an emphasis on Daoism under Livia Kohn.  He is also an ordained Daoist priest of the Huashan 華山 (Mount Hua) lineage of Quanzhen Daoism. He has published Title Index to Daoist Collections (Three Pines Press, 2002), Cultivating Perfection: Mysticism and Self-transformation in Early Quanzhen Daoism (Brill, 2007), and Handbooks for Daoist Practice (Xiudao shouce 修道手冊; Yuen Yuen Institute [Hong Kong], forthcoming). Louis Komjathy currently lives in Olympia, Wash., where he serves as a senior teacher and spiritual director for the Green Cove Daoist Association and as Co-director of the Daoist Foundation. Email.

 

Kate Townsend (Tang Xiang'en 唐鄉恩; L.Ac.; LMP) is a Chinese medical practitioner who has been practicing Daoism and the healing arts for over 20 years.  During this time, she has cultivated a nuanced understanding of women's healing and alchemical practices. Kate Townsend currently lives in Olympia, Wash., where she serves as a senior teacher and spiritual director for the Green Cove Daoist Association and as Co-director of the Daoist Foundation. She also oversees and practices Chinese medicine at Queen Anne Natural Health, an acupuncture, herbal and massage therapy clinic in the upper Queen Anne area of Seattle. Email.

 

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