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Taoism 도교

Taoism 도교. Taoism ( 도교 ) = Lao Tzu ( 노자 ). Name literally means “Old Master” May have been fictional Lived at the end of the Zhou Dynasty (beginning of Warring States Period) Scholar working for the king who had access to writings by the “Sage Emperors” and had many followers.

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Taoism 도교

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  1. Taoism 도교

  2. Taoism (도교) = Lao Tzu (노자) • Name literally means “Old Master” • May have been fictional • Lived at the end of the Zhou Dynasty (beginning of Warring States Period) • Scholar working for the king who had access to writings by the “Sage Emperors” and had many followers. • Became disillusioned by the declining Zhou and rode west on a water buffalo hoping to leave China

  3. Lao Tzu • Stopped by a border official who said he could not leave until he wrote down everything he knew. • The next morning Lao Tzu presented him, the “Tao Te Ching” • Lao Tzu then went to become a hermit and live with nature. He was never heard from again.

  4. So what is The Tao? (Dao) • Taoism is clear that “The Tao” cannot be defined • The word “Tao” means “The Way”

  5. Yin Yang (음양) The Yin Yang symbol represents duality and balance. Neither side is “good” or “bad” in an ethical sense, they just exist, and neither can exist without the other.

  6. What should a Taoist do? Therefore the sages: Conduct the teaching of no words work with myriad things but do not control They create but do not possess They act but do not presume They succeed but do not dwell on success It is because they do not dwell on success That it never goes away Tao Te Ching - Ch. 2

  7. What should a Taoist do? One key idea in Taoism is Wu Wei (무위) It means to do by not doing, to learn by un-learning or Do without trying “effortless action” Tao Te Ching - Ch. 2

  8. Tao The highest goodness resembles water Water greatly benefits myriad things without contention It stays in places that people dislike Therefore it is similar to the Tao -Ch. 8 Nothing in the world is softer or weaker than water Yet nothing is better at overcoming the hard and strong -Ch. 78

  9. Tao Te Ching: we should return to our nature. • We should especially look to nature as an example, and should meditate in and on nature. • Water is the ultimate example of Taoist principles.

  10. Many great thinkers were influenced by Taoism including Sun Tzu (The Art of War) 손자병법 & Bruce Lee Religious Taoism vs. Philosophical Taoism • Many people all over the world are influenced by Taoist thought

  11. Religious Taoism • For at least 20 million people (Mostly in China) Taoism is their religion • Influenced by other Chinese Religions (Buddhism, Chinese Folk Religions) • Many Gods and Goddesses as manifestations of The Tao. (Often including Lao Tzu)

  12. Religious Taoism • Seeking of Immortality • Meditation/Breathing Exercises • Physical exercise • Harnessing and using “Ch’i” (Feng Shui 풍수지리, Tai Ch’i, Oriental Medicine/Acupuncture 한의/침술, fortune telling etc…)

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