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22 Cards in this Set
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Tao Te Ching
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"The way and its Power"
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Tao
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"way" not a course of action but a state of mind
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Te
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"virtue"/ "power"
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Ching
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"classic"
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tao Chia
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Philisophical Taoism
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Tao Chiao
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Religious Taoism
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Lao Tzu
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means "Old Master/Old Boy". Orignally named Le Po Yong
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Taoist main idea
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To strive for the Tao
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3 Senses of the Tao
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Transcendent, Immanent, Human
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Transcendent Tao
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the ultimate reality, the ground of being
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Immanent Tao
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course of the universe, the rhythm
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Human Tao
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way of human life, how to align your body with the Tao
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wu wei
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"not forcing" the totality of all things
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Taoism Early Themes
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Basic Unity behind the Universe
Life is the greatest of possessions Life is to be lived simply Pomp and glory are to be despised |
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Ch'i
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Breath, "vital energy", life force of the body
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balance Ch'i in 3 ways
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Matter, Movement, Mind
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Yin
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dark, cool, feminine, earth, moon, submissive, compassion
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Yang
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light, warmth, masculinity,dry,sun,forcing
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Taijitu
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A diagram of the yin yang, the supreme ultimate
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God of the Stove
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Tsao Chun
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Pure and Bright festival
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early April, fires, ritual breathing, renewal of yang forces in nature. Spring festival
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Dragon Boat Festival
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Beginning of the summer, highest point of yang power, yang is restoring to yin. Ritual cleansing
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