Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Don't worry about that!
I like what the Dalai Lama says - we almost need 6 billion different religions because each individual has a different personality & disposition.
All the best!
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So you think you're a Taoist
- Thread starter Wu Wei
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Don't worry about that!
I like what the Dalai Lama says - we almost need 6 billion different religions because each individual has a different personality & disposition.
All the best!
Baladas
An Págánach
That's the way to go.
Wu Wei
ursus senum severiorum and ex-Bisy Backson
Well the votes are in
Been in martial arts for 40 years, Chinese martial arts for over 20 years (Mainly Taijiquan and Neijia arts), I think I read my first Taoist text (the Tao Te Ching) over 25 years ago and I knew then that it felt a whole lot better and made more since to me that anything else. However my family’s religious history told me I could not begin to even consider Taoism beyond reading about it.
I have searched multiple religions and philosophies over the years and even tried real hard to follow Buddhism; Zen, Tibetan, Tendai… but none seemed to quite fit
Finally told myself…OK its Philosophical Taoism.... and things just seemed to relax… I seem to be taking a lot more in stride and getting a lot less angry
Been in martial arts for 40 years, Chinese martial arts for over 20 years (Mainly Taijiquan and Neijia arts), I think I read my first Taoist text (the Tao Te Ching) over 25 years ago and I knew then that it felt a whole lot better and made more since to me that anything else. However my family’s religious history told me I could not begin to even consider Taoism beyond reading about it.
I have searched multiple religions and philosophies over the years and even tried real hard to follow Buddhism; Zen, Tibetan, Tendai… but none seemed to quite fit
Finally told myself…OK its Philosophical Taoism.... and things just seemed to relax… I seem to be taking a lot more in stride and getting a lot less angry
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Active Member
>>However my family’s religious history told me I could not begin to even consider Taoism beyond reading about it.
In many parts of Asia, Taoism is a framework religion. Traditionally, it is polytheistic. In the modern world, Taoists may add the Chrisitan God and the Buddha and the Taoist deities to their personal altars. Below is a picture of such an altar in the Phillippines. Note the crucifix against the back wall and the Buddha up front. In classical Taoism, the gods are children of Tao. Each of them presides over a realm. All things return to Tao.
In many parts of Asia, Taoism is a framework religion. Traditionally, it is polytheistic. In the modern world, Taoists may add the Chrisitan God and the Buddha and the Taoist deities to their personal altars. Below is a picture of such an altar in the Phillippines. Note the crucifix against the back wall and the Buddha up front. In classical Taoism, the gods are children of Tao. Each of them presides over a realm. All things return to Tao.