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<blockquote class="definition">''' | <blockquote class="definition">'''Taoism''' is a Chinese [[Connection Framework]] that encourages [[Connection]] with and realization of "[[Tao]]". | ||
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"There were various precursors of this first organized school of Taoism. First, in terms of doctrine, there were the ancient philosophers of the Tao, Laozi and Zhuangzi with their major works Daode jing (Scripture of the Tao and the Virtue) and Zhuangzi (fourth and third centuries B.C.E.). Describing the world as created and sup¬ ported by the Tao, encouraging people to pursue simplicity and spiritual cultivation in order to recover and realize this allencompassing force, and developing the ideal of the sage and the perfect human being, these works furnished the conceptual framework for the later religion."<ref>Kohn, Livia, ed. The Taoist Experience: An Anthology. State University of New York, 1993. p. 4.</ref> | "There were various precursors of this first organized school of Taoism. First, in terms of doctrine, there were the ancient philosophers of the Tao, Laozi and Zhuangzi with their major works Daode jing (Scripture of the Tao and the Virtue) and Zhuangzi (fourth and third centuries B.C.E.). Describing the world as created and sup¬ ported by the Tao, encouraging people to pursue simplicity and spiritual cultivation in order to recover and realize this allencompassing force, and developing the ideal of the sage and the perfect human being, these works furnished the conceptual framework for the later religion."<ref>Kohn, Livia, ed. The Taoist Experience: An Anthology. State University of New York, 1993. p. 4.</ref> | ||
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"The second major Taoist school was the school of '''Highest Clarity''' (Shangqing). It began with a revelation from the Heaven of Highest Clarity received by the medium Yang Xi in 364-70. Yang Xi was a member of a southern aristocratic clan, and the new scriptures and insights into the realms of the otherworld transmitted to him remained at first limited to this select group."<ref>Kohn, Livia, ed. The Taoist Experience: An Anthology. State University of New York, 1993. p. 5.</ref> | "The second major Taoist school was the school of '''Highest Clarity''' (Shangqing). It began with a revelation from the Heaven of Highest Clarity received by the medium Yang Xi in 364-70. Yang Xi was a member of a southern aristocratic clan, and the new scriptures and insights into the realms of the otherworld transmitted to him remained at first limited to this select group."<ref>Kohn, Livia, ed. The Taoist Experience: An Anthology. State University of New York, 1993. p. 5.</ref> | ||
"A few decades after the Shangqing revelations, Ge Chaofu, a member of the Ge family, proceeded to develop his own vision of the otherworld. Calling his new understanding Numinous Treasure ( Lingbao), he integrated the Highest Clarity scriptures with Han dynasty thinking, Buddhist cosmology and doctrine, as well as the magico-technical practices transmitted within his family."<ref>Kohn, Livia, ed. The Taoist Experience: An Anthology. State University of New York, 1993. p. 5.</ref> | "A few decades after the Shangqing revelations, Ge Chaofu, a member of the Ge family, proceeded to develop his own vision of the otherworld. Calling his new understanding Numinous Treasure ( Lingbao), he integrated the Highest Clarity scriptures with Han dynasty thinking, Buddhist cosmology and doctrine, as well as the magico-technical practices transmitted within his family."<ref>Kohn, Livia, ed. The Taoist Experience: An Anthology. State University of New York, 1993. p. 5.</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:24, 19 December 2022
Taoism is a Chinese Connection Framework that encourages Connection with and realization of "Tao".
Taoist Terms
Notes
Tao is the ancient Chinese word for Undifferentiated Consciousness.
The first organized school of Taoism was the Orthodox Unity or Celestial Masters school, founded by Zhang Daoling in 142 C.E. after a revelation by "the personified god of the Tao, Taishang laujun, the Highest Venerable Lord" [1]
"There were various precursors of this first organized school of Taoism. First, in terms of doctrine, there were the ancient philosophers of the Tao, Laozi and Zhuangzi with their major works Daode jing (Scripture of the Tao and the Virtue) and Zhuangzi (fourth and third centuries B.C.E.). Describing the world as created and sup¬ ported by the Tao, encouraging people to pursue simplicity and spiritual cultivation in order to recover and realize this allencompassing force, and developing the ideal of the sage and the perfect human being, these works furnished the conceptual framework for the later religion."[2]
Notes
Note early Taoist schools were formed around revelatory/mystical experience.
The first organized school of Taoism was the Orthodox Unity or Celestial Masters school, founded by Zhang Daoling in 142 C.E. after a revelation by "the personified god of the Tao, Taishang laujun, the Highest Venerable Lord" [3]
"There were various precursors of this first organized school of Taoism. First, in terms of doctrine, there were the ancient philosophers of the Tao, Laozi and Zhuangzi with their major works Daode jing (Scripture of the Tao and the Virtue) and Zhuangzi (fourth and third centuries B.C.E.). Describing the world as created and sup¬ ported by the Tao, encouraging people to pursue simplicity and spiritual cultivation in order to recover and realize this all-encompassing force, and developing the ideal of the sage and the perfect human being, these works furnished the conceptual framework for the later religion."[4]
"The second major Taoist school was the school of Highest Clarity (Shangqing). It began with a revelation from the Heaven of Highest Clarity received by the medium Yang Xi in 364-70. Yang Xi was a member of a southern aristocratic clan, and the new scriptures and insights into the realms of the otherworld transmitted to him remained at first limited to this select group."[5]
"A few decades after the Shangqing revelations, Ge Chaofu, a member of the Ge family, proceeded to develop his own vision of the otherworld. Calling his new understanding Numinous Treasure ( Lingbao), he integrated the Highest Clarity scriptures with Han dynasty thinking, Buddhist cosmology and doctrine, as well as the magico-technical practices transmitted within his family."[6]
Footnotes
- ↑ Kohn, Livia, ed. The Taoist Experience: An Anthology. State University of New York, 1993. p. 3.
- ↑ Kohn, Livia, ed. The Taoist Experience: An Anthology. State University of New York, 1993. p. 4.
- ↑ Kohn, Livia, ed. The Taoist Experience: An Anthology. State University of New York, 1993. p. 3.
- ↑ Kohn, Livia, ed. The Taoist Experience: An Anthology. State University of New York, 1993. p. 4.
- ↑ Kohn, Livia, ed. The Taoist Experience: An Anthology. State University of New York, 1993. p. 5.
- ↑ Kohn, Livia, ed. The Taoist Experience: An Anthology. State University of New York, 1993. p. 5.
