Taoism Basics
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History
Started on earth : since 34-156 AD, by Zheng Dao-Ling (first celestial master on earth).
Originated from: China
Terminologies
Taoist - noun, a practitioner of Taoism who have ordained into the religion of Taoism through a master of a true Taoism lineage or sect.
Taoism Believers - noun, a person who believes in Taoism.
Taoism - noun, a religion originated from China since 34-156 AD that was officially named and formed by the first celestial master on earth, Zheng Dao-Ling.
Tao - noun, nature and a word to just stands for nature or paths.
Tao Te Ching - name, the name of a book initially written by Lao-Tze and later on given to his friend/student who work at the gate and then handed to the king for revision and republish to distribute the piece to the public as a textbook.
Dao-Jia - a school lineage that teaches Tao Te Ching as their main textbook and main center core concept. It is originated from Lao-Tze.
Logo
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The "Tai Chi" logo - a circle divided into two parts forming with four elements of tai yin, tai yang, siu yin and siu yang.
This is not a "yin yang logo". Yin Yang logo is with only a circle directly cut in half with one side black and one side pure white. Yin and Yang only. This is a Tai Chi Logo. |
Concepts
Taoism's concept is to learn and experience the massive system of knowledge, skills and wisdom and know how nature works and find out about many unknown mysterious in nature that we might not even know what they are and why they are in nature. It's about nature, everything about nature.
Just like some may ask, "are there any living beings on the planet of Mars?" Taoism can answer you and bring you to the point of proofing it to yourself. it's unbelievable.
Learning Taoism
It's easy, get a true Taoism master and start learning from them, they should be professional in the system and be able to guide you through the process of learning Taoism. Taoism must be learned from a master because you need special guidance and directions to be able to walk the this path to get to the right point. You cannot learn it by yourself because you are not even exposed to these kinds of knowledge or wisdom in the past. Therefore, you will have zero chance of getting even a bit of it if you try to learn it yourself. Don't trust scholars and books, they will do you no good.
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