Taos Pueblo

When I read the passage, I can see the conception of Lao-Tzu, his opinion about “Tao” and “Wu Wei”. The passage said that we need to have patience to wait the mud settle and water clear. The patience is waiting, waiting the thing become clear, this is just like the conception of “Wu Wei”. Wu Wei means people being peace and accept the flow that the river give us, and the passage said “have patience to wait” means people should stay peace and waiting for right time until everything clear. People…

Reflections in Light The Coinherence of Opposites from the Tao Te Ching describes the balances between opposites in life through the Daoist (Taoist) religion. In the passage, Laozi begins on explaining that when something exists, it will always have an opposite (e.g. when people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly). In the text, Laozi informs the reader that these things are not just opposite, but they are connected and they work together in some manner, meaning without one,…

Le Guin’s Application of Western Culture in the Dao de Jing As an American woman who writes science-fiction, Ursula K. Le Guin differs greatly from the original audience of the Dao de Jing. The Dao de Jing was written in ancient China during the Warring States period from 475–221 B.C.E (Bokenkamp, 2015). Lao-Tzu, the accredited mystical author of the text, sensed the impending downfall of the kingdom of Chu. Before Chu’s collapse in 221 B.C.E., Lao-Tzu had written the Dao de Jing at the request…

Tao Te Ching book is filled with mini lessons of life. It was an enjoyable, quick read, and something that I was able to take a lot from because the passages contained practical writings of wisdom for the modern day person. Because the passages varied topics, the following paper will be written with the same notion. The first stanza of passage 2, to me, explained that each persons’ view point is different (“…people see some things a beautiful, other things become ugly…”); however, each view…

Introduction The Daodejing or the Tao Te Ching, the work of the ancient Chinese sage Lao Tzu or Laozi dates back to the late 6th century BC according to some counts and to the late 4th century BC according to others. We can thus safely say that this “Book of the Way” was written in a period well before our times. However, when one reads the interpretations of this book by John Heider and other modern translators, one finds that the teachings are as relevant today as they were then, or, to be…

Throughout history people have had their own perspective about government and how much power it should hold. While some people believe in the saying “power to the people” and that government should play little to no role in the lives of society other’s believe all the power should be given to one specific person like a dictator. With these different beliefs, there is also those people who stand in the middle agreeing that the government should play big roles in society but the people should have…

Jennings paints the picture of religion without judgment, in which we can all acknowledge that there doesn’t have to be just one way to love God, but many. The first verse says, “Oh Jesus, I love You, and I love Buddha too, Ramakrishna, Guru Dev, Tao Te Ching and Mohammed”. Religion is a complex entity but it’s one that spends a great deal of time discussing love. Love for your lord and savior, love for your fellow people, love for the world around you; it’s all about love. Why spend time…

that there are no real deities in Taoism. How was Taoism, or Daoism, shaped and influenced by Chinese culture to evolve into a religion that lacks prominent deities. I plan to explore how the teachings of the Dao De Jin, or Tao Te Ching, present the central entity in Taoism, the Tao, or Dao. I will also present how Daoism has formed and prospered in Chinese civilization, and how both Confucianism and Buddhism have influenced Daoism. According to Littlejohn Daoism is commonly acknowledged as…

1) In his essay “The Parallels and Differences Between the Birth Story of Lord Lao and Jesus,” Bidlack compares the similarities between Jesus and Laozi and why they are significant. Bidlack starts his essay by providing some background information about Laozi before discussing the similarities between the birth stories of him and Jesus. Laozi was a philosopher of ancient China and the founder of Daoism. As time went on he became looked as a deity and became known as Lord Lao. There are many…

Taoism is believed to be China oldest philosophy and religion. The founder of Taoism and the author of Tao-Te -Ching (Book of way) Leo-Tzu was born 601 B.C. in Henan during the Zhou Dynasty. There is much speculation whether Leo-Tzu was an actual person or a combination of different philosophers it will forever be a mystery. The legend surrounding his birth goes: a woman leaned against a plum tree and give birth to a child that had been conceived six-two years before. His mother had admired a…