Tao

Essay 1: The Idea of Heaven in Confucianism Starting in the early period of Chinese history, “ Heaven ” had already become one of the core ideas of Chinese culture. Not only is it a physical location, but also a symbol of regulating. People believe that whatever happens on earth, Heaven will always be watching over and evaluating. In this way, people have fate. For Confucius, Heaven is more about ethical assets. If people follow the appropriate moral order, then they would be on their…

going on today. “RRRRRRR” came a noise out of nowhere. “Ahh” I said as a woke up startled. “Oww” said as my ears were hurting. Something's wrong, this is not known to happen. What is Taos Hum? The Taos hum is about a mysterious low frequency (30-80 Hz) sound that is usually heard at night in the town of Taos. It sounds like a truck starting up but only so many people have heard it. Lots of hearers initially reported the hum with an “abrupt beginning, as if some device were switched on.…

“The Tao of Pooh,” yet another pre-reading that can connect to one of the Core Values. Starting out, “The Tao of Pooh” was confusing and seemed like an impossible read, but after sticking it out, it slowly became clear what the purpose of the reading was. The reading was to introduce Taoism, which is a religion similar to Buddhism. Understanding Taoism was significant to understanding the next book we would be reading, which was Siddhartha. Siddhartha has much information relating to Buddhism…

Paradoxes are known for being the world’s most frustrating statements. These irritating brain puzzles mess with a person’s sense of logic and reasoning. So why is such a thing inside the Tao Te Ching? This is to make the reader think and have to choose their own way of interpreting the Tao. One of the paradoxes in the Tao that makes a reader think is the idea of letting things go to move forward. This paradox is used to show the necessity of letting objects and ideas go to try and move ahead in…

The Daodejing we read is the first book of two. This book focuses on the Way while the second book focuses on Virtue. In this first book there are thirty-seven chapters. Each chapter is its own lesson and contains a meaning separate and independent from the other chapters. The first book has some themes that each of these chapters fall under: the Dao, nothingness, non-desiring, nature as a model, wuwei-nonaction, and knowledge and value. The Daodejing has three parts to this word; Dao means Way,…

The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff For my first journal activity, I chose to read The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff. At first, it seemed intimidating to read a book about a religion that was unfamiliar to me. Once I realized it is told using Winnie-the-Pooh, I was less anxious. The Tao of Pooh is a book that was written in the 1980’s, using Winnie-the-Pooh characters to explain the values and beliefs of Chinese Taoism. After reading this book, I can say that I learned a lot about Taoism. In…

slavery. The profit is depicted in Lao-tzu’s Tao Te Ching and the control is resisted in Frederick Douglass’ Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave. Profit is one of the conditions, which is described in Lao-tzu’s Tao Te Ching. The philosophy of Lao-tzu through the Tao Te Ching lie in natural, balance, merge, integration of nature and human, as well as all creature’s relations. Considering man and nature create each other in the “Tao”. Lao-tzu understands that people…

The religion of Daoism began around 300 BCE in China by a writer named Laozi, though there has yet to be any real proof that a person named Laozi even existed in that time period (Lee). According to Jacob Lee he states that Daoism is, “A religious philosophy that emphasizes the Dao (“the Way”), or the unity of all things in the universe that cannot be resisted” (Lee). Basically the believe is that you have a force that is in the universe, that you cannot help but follow or going with what “the…

thinking that has persisted throughout time. It is an endless endeavor at trying to understand the universe and our place in it. Lao Tzu is a chinese philosopher who founded Taoism which is defined as a way of life. He wrote his ideas in a book called Tao Te Ching that is still known around the world today. Marcus Aurelius is a Roman emperor who wrote Meditations, a book that has details about Marcus Aurelius’ thoughts and stoicism in general. While these two philosophers may have been born in…

people experience more lows than highs; as a result, people have tried to find ways to increase the number of happy moments in their life. While many paths to happiness have been proposed, one of the earliest is a philosophy, based off the writing Tao Te Ching, known as Taoism. Those that follow Taoism (also known as Taoists) say they experience less stress and live a happier life. In modern American society, it is believed that a person must constantly try to live a happy life; while this may…