Daoism

Question 1

Ying and Yang

Answer 1

-Ying: Cold, winter, frozen, passive, quiet, feminine, wet (black side)
-Yang: hot, fire, loud, active, masculine, dessert, summer (white side)
-Ideal place is in the middle (spring and fall)

Question 2

Laozi

Answer 2

-Creation Story
- Was trying to escape, the guard would only let him escape if he wrote down his wisdom –> CREATION STORY

Question 3

Daode Jing

Answer 3

-“Classic of the Way and the Virtue”
-First half on dao, second half on de
-Written by Laozi
-One can best harmonize with life by being receptive and quiet
-Go with the flow

Question 4

Dao

Answer 4

-Ineffable, can’t wrap our minds around it
-Nurturing, soft, flexible, powerful, impenetrable
-Like water/mother
-MAKES NO DEMANDS OF YOU
-Qi - composed of ying/yang, the “stuff” which all things are composed of
-Wu-Wei - go with the flow

Question 5

Wu-Wei

Answer 5

-do nothing and nothing is left undone
-Dao carries me through
-Lay down in stream and succumb to it, rather than fight it
-less anxieties
-Go with the flow

Question 6

Du

Answer 6

-if your preserve your Qi
-Merged with Dao
-Can have LONGEVITY and IMMORTALITY (not likely)

Question 7

Zhuangzi

Answer 7

-must accept the transformation
-must follow Dao to become one with nature

Question 8

Spiritual Beings

Answer 8

-Have reached Du, achieved their Qi
-immortals
-ancestors
-gods

Question 9

Immortals

Answer 9

-can fly
-live in mountain tops
-power of universe
-can inspire us to reach our longevity

Question 10

Ancestors

Answer 10

-realms of heaven and hell, can move up and down in ranks
-whether you fall or rise depends on living decedents

Question 11

Shen

Answer 11

-happy ancestor
-in heavenly realms
-Will protect you, like a guardian angel

Question 12

Egui

Answer 12

-“hungry ghost”
-angry ancestor
-forgotten about - nobody prays for them
-can posses and try to kill you

Question 13

gods

Answer 13

-bribe them to watch over ancestors

Question 14

Three Pure Ones

Answer 14

-3 most important deities
-Lord of heaven - lives in head
-Lord of the earth - lives in the chest
-Lord of Humanity - lives in abdomen, most important, where Qi entered and can escape

Question 15

Rituals to create Qi

Answer 15

• Jiao
  -Zhai
  -Embryonic Breathing
  -Holding the ones
  -Taiquan (Tai-Chai)

Question 16

Jiao

Answer 16

-the rite of cosmic renewal
-once a year or after a tragic event to reset the energies of the atmosphere
-Paper money is burned, food offered, all names in the community are read by the priest then scroll is burned after

Question 17

Zhai

Answer 17

exorcism

Question 18

Embryonic breathing

Answer 18

lie in dark room, tongue to back of mouth, focus on abdomen, warm and flush feeling = Qi moving

Question 19

Holding the ones

Answer 19

Once a year in spring after first thunderclap
three pure ones come down with 10,000 chariott horsemen, 3 breaths and a god goes in your mouth each breath

Question 20

Taijiquan (Tai-Chi)

Answer 20

Daoist gymnastics
Cut through the energy of the cosmos and channel it into your body