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FOUNDER ____________– born about
604 B.C.E. Met Confucius who
labeled Lao a _______________ Enigmatic Larger than life Mysterious
Lao supposedly became upset with the attitudes of the people and climbed on a _________________ and headed west
On this westward journey he was stopped and was asked to write down his
________________________ Three days he wrote He produced the Tao Te
Ching – The Way and Its Power (aka the __________)
Most scholars don’t believe Lao himself wrote the whole thing
They do agree that _____ man’s thoughts inspired the whole thing
THREE MEANINGS OF TAO Tao is the way of ultimate reality
Too vast for reason to __________________ It is the womb from which all _______ springs and
to which it returns Tao is the way of the universe
The norm The rhythm The driving power of ______________ It is spirit instead of matter
It can’t be _____________________ The more it’s drawn upon, the more it flows
Tao is the way of __________________________ It meshes with the Tao of the universe
THREE APPROACHES TO POWER AND THE TAOISMS THAT FOLLOW ___________________________Taoism ___________________________ Taoism ___________________________ Taoism All three of the above are different, but seek
to maximize the Tao’s meaning of ________ Summarizing the three together:
P.T. begins with interest in how life’s normal allotment of ______ can best be used. This leads to how ch’i can be ________ (V.T.). Finally, gathering the ________ energy of Tao is handled in R.T.
See these three as currents in a common _______
PHILOSOPHICAL TAOISM ___________________ Self-help oriented Teachers are really ______________ training
students in what they should understand An attitude to _______________ Has the most to say to the world Called “School Taoism” in _______________
Lao Tzu Chuang Tzu Tao Te Ching
________________________ is sought P. T. want knowledge that empowers (aka
wisdom) P.T. want to live in a way that
_____________ energy by not expending it in useless ways Avoid ______________ and _________________ Center on _______________ – pure
effectiveness Main objective is to align one’s daily life
to the Tao Ride its boundless tide and delight in its flow Find Creative Quietude – the balance
between supreme _____________ and supreme _____________
VITALIZING TAOISM Called Taoist Adepts
Wanted to increase the Tao at their disposalCenter on ____________ – vital energy
(breath)Main objective is to remove _____________
that reduce the flow of ch’i _________________ is the life force and these
Taoists love life!
Concentrate on three things to maximize ch’i _______________ _______________ _______________
Ch’i is taken in it’s matter forms (liquid, gas, solid) through movements like t’ai-chi chuan. The mind increases ch’i through meditation. The meditation
resembles ___________ “To the mind that is
___________, the whole universe surrenders.”
RELIGIOUS TAOISM Religious Taoism
__________________the shamans, psychics, faith healers, and soothsayers of the day.
Taoist church was founded in the ________ century C.E.
The Taoist priesthood made cosmic life-power available for _____________________
The church and it’s line of succession continues today in ______________
NATURAL ELEMENTS _________ impressed the
Taoists the most. Unobtrusive Adaptive Assumes the ________ of
its containers Seeks out the __________
places __________ what is hard
and brittle __________ canyons from
granite Erodes hills
Wisdom of water (wu wei) “Muddy water let stand
still will ____________”
HUMILITY Taoists value ________________. They
honorHunchbacksCripples
They point out the value of______________________________________________________
NATURALISM Taoists believe nature
should not be ________ and abused, any more than _______________ should be
Nature should be ___________________, not conquered.
Humans are at their best when they are in harmony with their ______________
Man is often seen as climbing with their bundles, riding a buffalo, or poling a boat The human self with its
journey The hill to climb The burden to carry But surrounded by the beauty
of __________________
IDENTITY WITH OPPOSITES Yin/yang
Polar opposites Day – _____________ ____________ – death Male – ____________
On cannot _________ without the other
The two meet, mesh, but remain _______________