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DAOISM

DAOISM. Founder / Origin /Location. Laotzu / Laozi 6 th century B.C.E. China. Holidays /Clothing / Holy Book / Branches. Chinese holidays No particular clothing Holy Book – Dao de Ching Branches – More like Schools of Thought Principle One Perfecting the True Pervading Unity.

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DAOISM

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  1. DAOISM

  2. Founder/Origin/Location • Laotzu/Laozi • 6th century B.C.E. • China

  3. Holidays/Clothing/Holy Book/Branches • Chinese holidays • No particular clothing • Holy Book – Dao de Ching • Branches – More like Schools of Thought • Principle One • Perfecting the True • Pervading Unity

  4. Creation Myth/God • N/A: no single being • Dao is source of creation Cool picture

  5. Holy Cities/Today/Hierarchy/OtherSupernatural Beings • Temple • 20 million but unsure – mostly in China • Spirits and demons • Women are equal • No hierarchy • No gods Daoist temple on Cebu island, Phillipines

  6. Basic Beliefs • The Dao – “The Way” • Universal force that guides all ultimate law of the universe • Source of all things • Natural way things happen • Natural order more important than social order • Let nature take its course by not interfering with it • Do as little as possible to change the way things are • Water as a metaphor –has no shape but takes shape of what surrounds it • possessions – no point in acquiring • Five Elements – earth, water, fire, wood, & metal

  7. Rituals/Rules/RitesofPassage • Meditation, chant • Purification • Regulate chi – “energy” • Balance the yin-yang

  8. Salvation/Afterlife • Attitude – “Whatever will be, will be” • After death: N/A

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