“I Came Not Only to Save the Sangha”: an Annotated Translation of the 1926 Cao Đài Universal Manifesto

This article investigates the textual productions of the Cao Đài religion through the annotated translation in English of the earliest Cao Đài text published in Vietnamese on October 15, 1926. With the title Phổ Cáo Chúng Sanh – Đại Đạo Tam Kỳ Phổ Độ (Universal Manifesto [of the] Great Đạo of the Third Era of Universal Salvation), this publication and our translation aim to highlight the translingual practices at play in the production of Cao Ðài exegetic and spirit-medium texts.