Taoism

Daoism or Taoism refers to a variety of related philosophical and religious traditions. Its holy days are the Chinese New Year, Lantern Festival, Tomb Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Ghost Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and Double Ninth Day.

Daoism was founded in China by Lao-tzu (604-531 BCE), although some believe he is a mythical character. He accomplished this by looking for a way that would avoid the wars and other conflicts that disrupted the society during his lifetime. His search resulted in a book that he wrote: Tao-te-Ching (a.k.a. Daodejing), consisting of 81 short verses, in 3rd or 4th century BC. Like most other ancient Chinese thinkers, Lao-tze explained his ideas poetically, using rhyme, rhythm, symmetry, paradox, analogy, appropriation of ancient sayings, repetition, etc.

The main book is the Tao Te Ching, by Lao Zi, or Lao Tsu. Or Lao Tzu. Those are all mainly used names. The correct one is Lao Zi though.

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Confucius because he was born before Jesus, and so Christianity had not yet split off of Judaism.

In fact, there is no day of the week that is particularly holy. Taoism is a way of life, so therefore, if you need a day of rest, you can take one. There are holy days on solstices and Equinoxes though. This is because Taoism is astronmically based. Little rituals or large celebrations can occur at either of these times.

Do not worry about worldly matters. Instead, meditate on nature. And Taoist believe in all Buddhism Gods but Buddhism do not believe in all Taoism Gods. People believe Taoism is a part of Buddhism--- nova net

Followers of Taoism worship at shrines or temples of various types. Taoism is not a formally structured religion so much as a way of thinking, and so its followers are often Buddhists, Shintoists, or members of various East Asian folk religions.
they usaully worship at home, or in a temple, that in China, is called Gong
Taoism is not a religion, and there is no place of worship.

The priests of Zhengyi Taoist sects are almost always married. However, the Quanzhen clergy do not marry and live in monasteries.

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Confucius was a Chinese philosopher whose thoughts and teachings greatly influence Chinese culture. Although many regard Confucianism as a religion, it is but a system of social and ethical philosophy.

Taoism is all about man's relationship with nature, whereas, Confucianism is all about man's relationship with his fellow man.

Taoism is polytheistic, whereas Confucianism is monotheistic.

Yin and yang are part if the taiji, and refer to the intrinsic unity of opposites within a greater whole. Symbolically there is an empty circle (called wuji), and some kind of movement in that emptiness gives the appearance of separate elements - one rising (yang), one falling (yin) - which as a whole are bound together (the yin elements filling the voids that the yang elements leave behind). The traditional metaphor is sunlight on a mountain: as the sun moves across the sky, some things are brought into light and other drop into shadow, giving an impression of motion where in fact everything is perfectly still. A lot of natural dichotomies are cast as yin and yang (female and male, cold and hot, moist and dry, diffuse and concentrated, low and high) in order to highlight that they are in fact unified at a more basic level.

Taoism, also called Daoism, is a religion originating from China with profound influences on East Asian philosophies. Though briefly suppressed along with other religions during China's Cultural Revolution, Taoism still flourishes mainly in China.

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Kuan Yin's birthday is on the 19th day of the second lunar month, which on western calendars is March 19.This day is celebrated in the Buddhist faith because she is a Bodhisattva, one who is destined to become a Buddha.

Since most Taoists do not believe in a God, it is difficult to say that they "pray." More accurately, Taoists meditate; most Taoists perform some sort of meditation daily, although there is no rule about this. They also read sacred texts from their religion and think about the meanings those texts contain.

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Taoism/Daoism is a religion which is based on a relaxed and natural way to find hapiness.

However, Confucianism is not a religion-it is actually a set of rules for behavior for citizens and government.

However, they both are one of the "Three Ways" which are Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism.

The major disadvantage of Confucianism is the relationship between the commoner and the ruling class that is further complicated that in China there was no social or political infrastructure that would allow leverage in either society. The end result was no side gains any power, no significant impact, meaning no change in power structure.

The Chandogya Upanishad opens the doors of spirituality to all castes. It tells of the equality of all people due to the cycle of rebirth.

There is a story about a Chinese monk who was reputed to be very wise. One day, he was carrying a heavy sack when he was stopped by a novice seeker, eager to learn his secrets. "What did enlightenment mean to you?" asked the novice. The older monk put down the sack he was carrying, and smiled. "And how did you put it into practice?" asked the novice. The older monk picked up the sack and went on his away.

This is not a story from Taoism - Taoism does not have the concept of 'enlightenment - but the lesson is clear, I think?

Toaist worship by eating grapes and living a pure life!!!

The founder of Taoism is generally considered to be Laozi (or Lao Tse, Lao Tu, or other variants). A link can be found below.

The founder of Taoism is believed by many religious historians to be Lao-Tse (604-531 BCE), whose life overlapped that of Confucius (551-479 BCE).

Lao-tzu (whose real name was Li Er) is generally listed as the founder of Taoism and author of its primary text, the Tao Te Ching.

There are many differences between Buddhism and Taoism. Firstly, their origins. Buddhism was taught by Sakyamuni Buddha (Siddhatta) for 45 years, so quite a bit is known about his actual teachings and views on different subjects. The Tao Te Ching, the canon of Taoism, is a short book that was allegedly written very quickly by Lao Tzu, who was never heard from again. The Tao Te Ching does not go into many specifics. Generally, it just deals in general negatives, such as that "the way that can be spoken of is not the perfect way". Buddhism, on the other hand, goes into great detail on many moral and spiritual matters.

To give an example of how they actually contradict each other, while Taoism says that the perfect way cannot be spoken of, the Buddha spent 45 years speaking of in great detail about what Buddhists regard as the perfect way.