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Daoism |
Philosophy during early years of China, ultimate goal is to conform to the great pattern of nature. Dao=The way |
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Based on |
Observance of natural world |
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Founder |
Lao Tzu= All live in harmony together, pantheism. He wrote the Dao de Jing, found the world sweet. |
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Worships |
No gods, but dieties |
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Universe originated from |
The Dao |
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Emptiness is |
The absence of desire |
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Dao de jing |
Collection of sayings, proverbs, and clever maxims. |
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Chuang Tzu, Zuangzi |
Consists of delightful parables, metaphors in poetic parables |
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Beliefs |
The Dao possesses heavenly qualities, mysterious, undesrcibable, unnamable, unites opposites, |
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The De |
Virtue of proper following to the Dao, encourages inaction in nature, no desire, no contempt, no greater sin than desire. |
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Wu-wei |
Restriction of human behavior. Self control. Negate human action. Go woth the flow, bring prosperity, harmony, and peace. |
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Yu-wei |
Opposite of wu-wei. Action causes robbery, murder, violence. |
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Qi |
Foundation of body and life, sustains living beings, |
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Rituals and traditions |
Excorcism Meditative practices= Drink potions, taichi, breathing Jiao festival= Daoists make events from necessary action Believe in peace and philanthropy. |
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No concept of |
Heaven and hell Immortality= achieve paradise in nature. |
