Daoism Flashcards
Doctrine or rituals
None
Religion in Daoism
Formed 100’s of years after Daoism was formed
Sacred book
Tao Te Ching
Founder
Lao-tau
Dao
The basic/ultimate unity/force of the universe
The greatest of all possessions
Life
How to live life?
Simply
To be despised
Pomp, glory, big events, etc.
The only real thing…
Life
Not lasting
Pride, materialism. Should only have simple life
Gov’t
SMALLLLL. Little pockets of people form a small town gov’t and make decisions together on how/the best way to live.
Anarchists
Somethings called these. People who don’t want gov’t are anarchists.
Support science
They want to learn how to preserve the human body. The human body is precious.
Their gods
Made from science experiments hundreds of years later.
Building big things?
No. They are materialistic and non permanent. Plus, Dao could destroy it because he can destroy everything.