May 24, 2012 - Way to TAO... by dali48 on HP
4 / 2010 - Interpretation of dali48
The art of immortality - Calligraphy, painting, meditation and medicine - what is Taoism including?
For 3 milleniums, Taoism is a major force of inspiration for the Chinese - The mysterious beauty of Chinese art seen in the magic of the landscapes and temples - in the poetry of aphorisms and the devotion of the faithful...
In the past 20 years, the religion without dogma awoke to new life in China - Film-author Yves de Peretti provides insights into the practice... (ARTE, 4 / 2010)
25.12.2013 - Interpretation of dali48
Taoism is a philosophical and religious tradition that emphasizes living in harmony with the Tao - The term Tao originally means "way", "path" or "principle", and can be found in Chinese philosophies and religions other than Taoism...
The keystone work of literature in Taoism is the Daodejing, a concise and ambiguous book containing teachings attributed to Laozi (see Laotse, etc. - d.48), or "the Old Teacher"...
Taoism has had profound influence on Chinese culture in the course of the centuries - and clerics of institutionalised Taoism usually take care to note distinction between their ritual tradition and the customs and practices found in Chinese folk religion - as these distinctions sometimes appear...
Taoism tends to emphasize various themes of the Daodejing and Zhuangzi - such as naturalness, spontaneity, simplicity, detachment from desires - and most important of all, wu wei...
In ancient Taoist texts, wu wei is associated with water through its yielding nature - Taoist philosophy proposes that the universe works harmoniously according to its own ways...
In Taoist belief, the universe is in a constant process of re-creating itself - as everything that exists is a mere aspect of qi - which "condensed, becomes life - diluted, it is indefinite potential" - Qi is in a perpetual transformation between its condensed and diluted state...
Alan Watts (1975) held that this view was part of an academic fashion for skepticism about historical spiritual and religious figures - arguing that not enough would be known for years - or possibly ever to make a firm judgment...
Geographically, Taoism flourishes best in regions populated by Chinese people: mainland China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, and various Chinese diaspora communities - Taoist literature and art has influenced the cultures of Korea, Japan... - and Vietnam...
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Arthur Schopenhauer... - both wrote of Taoism... (Wikipedia)
The art of immortality - Calligraphy, painting, meditation and medicine - what is Taoism including?
For 3 milleniums, Taoism is a major force of inspiration for the Chinese - The mysterious beauty of Chinese art seen in the magic of the landscapes and temples - in the poetry of aphorisms and the devotion of the faithful...
In the past 20 years, the religion without dogma awoke to new life in China - Film-author Yves de Peretti provides insights into the practice... (ARTE, 4 / 2010)
25.12.2013 - Interpretation of dali48
Taoism is a philosophical and religious tradition that emphasizes living in harmony with the Tao - The term Tao originally means "way", "path" or "principle", and can be found in Chinese philosophies and religions other than Taoism...
The keystone work of literature in Taoism is the Daodejing, a concise and ambiguous book containing teachings attributed to Laozi (see Laotse, etc. - d.48), or "the Old Teacher"...
Taoism has had profound influence on Chinese culture in the course of the centuries - and clerics of institutionalised Taoism usually take care to note distinction between their ritual tradition and the customs and practices found in Chinese folk religion - as these distinctions sometimes appear...
Taoism tends to emphasize various themes of the Daodejing and Zhuangzi - such as naturalness, spontaneity, simplicity, detachment from desires - and most important of all, wu wei...
In ancient Taoist texts, wu wei is associated with water through its yielding nature - Taoist philosophy proposes that the universe works harmoniously according to its own ways...
In Taoist belief, the universe is in a constant process of re-creating itself - as everything that exists is a mere aspect of qi - which "condensed, becomes life - diluted, it is indefinite potential" - Qi is in a perpetual transformation between its condensed and diluted state...
Alan Watts (1975) held that this view was part of an academic fashion for skepticism about historical spiritual and religious figures - arguing that not enough would be known for years - or possibly ever to make a firm judgment...
Geographically, Taoism flourishes best in regions populated by Chinese people: mainland China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, and various Chinese diaspora communities - Taoist literature and art has influenced the cultures of Korea, Japan... - and Vietnam...
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Arthur Schopenhauer... - both wrote of Taoism... (Wikipedia)
Love the ideas of the Tao. This Hub is too short! I need more! Thanks for sharing, though.
Love and peace, Tony
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