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16 Cards in this Set
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Origin |
From the Tao Te Ching, which was the scriptural book written by Lao Tzu when he was leaving the city. |
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Denominations |
Religious: liturgical stuff
Philisophical: no god, based on doctrine |
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Nature of God |
Just the "tao", which is an overseer flow of the universe
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Identify as... (3) |
Polytheists (Religous Taoism)
Nature Worship
Zoolatry |
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The afterlife |
Not a big focus on Taoism |
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Yin and Yan |
Opposition in all things
Yin Negative Feminine Aggressive
Yang Positive Masculine Passive |
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Wu-wei |
The principle of inaction - let the universe take its course
Philisophical Taoism |
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Scriptures: 2 main texts |
Tao Te Ching: Written by Lao Tsu; cosmic principle
Chang - tzu: Deceptive nature of knowledge and differentiating between right and wrong
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I Ching |
Religious Taoists book of changes used for divination |
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monks |
mediatory roles in temple to receive inspiration |
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Dietary |
hygene school |
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Roles of women |
In theory > equal
Culturally > inferior |
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Wu - hsing |
5 elements that interact and influence universe
Fire Earth Metal Water Wood |
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Exorcisms |
Just for Religious taoism:
kuei > BAD spirits; scare away with loud noises and fire
shen > good spirits |
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Employment for philosophical taoists |
something in harmony with nature; farming |
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development |
60 - 70 mill world wide
86 subsets |
