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  • History of Taoism

    Taoism, along with Buddhism and Confucianism, is one of the three great philosophies/religions of Ancient China. It was adopted as a the state religion of China in 440 CE, with Lao Tse (reputed founder of Taoism) honored as a deity. At end of the supportive Ch'ing Dynasty in 1911 and much Taoist heritage was destroyed in feudal wars. During Maoism, religious freedoms were also severely restricted. Under Deng Xiaoping in 1982, and to the present time, some religious tolerance was restored within the country - the exception being the Falun Gong taoist sect.

  • Philosophical vs. Practical Taoism

    You may think that Taoism is a religion whose is practices are limited to rituals related to a dogmatic understanding of principles and philosophies. It is true that there are temples and ritual practices in the popular culture of China, however, Taoism is not just an intellectual belief system, it also has a whole system of practices such and meditation and qigong, which allow an individual to come to an internal awareness within the body - connecting the mind to the body. These practices, which have some similarity to yoga but have different approaches and effects, can open up a corporeal awareness in the individual - an awareness that supplements and extends intellectual awareness. These practices are part of the Taoist path to achieve immortality.

  • Taoist Philosophy

    Tao (pronounced 'Dao') can be defined as a 'path', or 'road'. The way of the Tao is the way of Nature and of ultimate reality. Tao is often described as a force that flows through all life. A happy and virtuous life is one that is in harmony with the Tao, with Nature. So the philosophy of Taoism understands Tao as the One Thing which exists and connects the Many Things. Tao, Nature, and Reality are One. The idea that 'All is One and interconnected' is also found in teachings of ancient Indian and Greek philosophers (Heraclitus),http://www.uni-giessen.de/~gk1415/taoism.htm http://www.holosforum.org/halroth.html who understood the universe as a unity, as have many other philosophers over the past 2500 years. Views of several modern physicists seem to agree on this understanding.http://srijith.net/publications/ieee.shtml/ref.

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