Tradition
Taoist
A tradition originating in China and gathered around the Tao Teh King and the writings attributed to Zhuangzi, with a later history of monastic practice, ritual and internal alchemy. Its central term, the Tao, names the way things go of themselves; much of its counsel concerns acting without forcing, and the strength of what is yielding.
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Passages
PracticeAn instruction for practice
Tao Teh King, ch. 10When the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating. When one gives undivided attention to the (vital) breath, and brings it to…ScriptureRead as scripture by its tradition
Tao Teh King, ch. 16The (state of) vacancy should be brought to the utmost degree, and that of stillness guarded with unwearying vigour. All things alike go through their processes of activity, and (t…ScriptureRead as scripture by its tradition
Tao Teh King, ch. 44Or fame or life, Which do you hold more dear? Or life or wealth, To which would you adhere? Keep life and lose those other things; Keep them and lose your life:—which brings Sorrow…ScriptureRead as scripture by its tradition
Tao Teh King, ch. 63(It is the way of the Tao) to act without (thinking of) acting; to conduct affairs without (feeling the) trouble of them; to taste without discerning any flavour; to consider what…ScriptureRead as scripture by its tradition
Tao Teh King, ch. 8The highest excellence is like (that of) water. The excellence of water appears in its benefiting all things, and in its occupying, without striving (to the contrary), the low plac…