Taoism

Question 1

fu

Answer 1

-returning to a balanced state
-in life it means returning to a balanced state and in death it means returning to the Tao
(human condition)

Question 2

te

Answer 2

-the featuress/characteristics that we reflect from the Tao
because we came from the Tao
(human condition)

Question 3

acupuncture

Answer 3

-ancient chinese practice placing thin needles in
certain parts of the body to treat pain and help chi
flow properly through your body
(how do we get there)

Question 4

qigong

Answer 4

-form of yoga/martial arts while having control of your 
 chi
-slow body movements and slow breathing
-similar to tai chi
(how do we get there)

Question 5

feng shui

Answer 5

-chinese practice to circulate chi in a house
-move furniture
-get plants
(how do we get there)

Question 6

chi

Answer 6

-vital energy
-what keeps you alive
-you are born with all the chi for your life time
-you cant replenish your chi but you can perserve it with
qigong, acupunture, and fengshui
(how do we get there)

Question 7

yin

Answer 7

-the dark swirl
-recieve/complete actions
-calm
-softer, weaker, slower, darker than yang
-needs yang
(human condition)

Question 8

ancestors

Answer 8

-someone who died a natural death at the end of a completed life style
-they judge the living and can cause trouble if they arent acting as they should
(where are we going)

Question 9

hungry ghosts

Answer 9

-people who have been buried without a proper
funeral and have no family left to honer them
-a hungry ghost festival is held every year where
hungry ghosts can wonder and offerings are made, so
they wont cause troubles
(where are we going/how do we get there)

Question 10

pu

Answer 10

-has lots of potential/primordial condition of the mind
-natural state/simplicity
(how do we get there)

Question 11

tao te ching

Answer 11

-sacred text full mof poems
-written by lao tzu
(all of them but mostly human condition)

Question 12

ziran

Answer 12

-to be comfotable in your own skin
-to preform an action without calculation
(human condition)

Question 13

beqathing meditation

Answer 13

-focuses on breathing to conect with the heavens and
earth
(how do we get there

Question 14

immortality

Answer 14

-2 types of immortality spiritual and physical
-they hope to live forever (not concerned)
-spiritual: hope their souls will live forever
(how do we get there)

Question 15

wu wei

Answer 15

-not doing/effortless action
-belief that if ones actions are harmony with the Tao then it will feel effortless
(how do we get there)

Question 16

external alchemy

Answer 16

-ingesting alixirs like gold and jade
-because these substances are perceived as immortal
and forever so ingesting them will give some one
some of its immortality
-less popular than spiritual immortality
(how do we get there)

Question 17

orphan souls

Answer 17

-someone who dies an untimely death
-their chi goes unused
-they are trapped between 2 worlds
-they cause trouble for the living
-must be fed by the community so they dont cause
trouble
(where are we going)

Question 18

internal alchemy

Answer 18

-the cultivation of 3 substances in your body (jing, chi, and shen)
-tries to make your soul a perfected part of the Tao
(how do we get there)

Question 19

pilgrimage

Answer 19

-a journey to an unknown place where a person goes
in serch of new or expanded meaning about
themselves, others, or a higher god
(how do we get there)

Question 20

Tao

Answer 20

-eternal source that we come from and where we wil
return
-what taoism is based on
(human condition/where are we going)

Question 21

emptiness meditation

Answer 21

-a form of meditation where you empty your mind
-when your mind is empty you can receive messages from the tao
(how do we get there)

Question 22

reconciling opposites

Answer 22

-knowing that yin and yang need each other to exist

how do we get there

Question 23

taijitu

Answer 23

-the formal word/chinese symbol for ying and yang

human condition

Question 24

lao tzu

Answer 24

-he wrote the tao te ching
-we should follow his wisdom
(human condition becuase he wrote the book but also how do we get there because we have to act as he did)

Question 25

yang

Answer 25

-light swirl
-starts an action
-rough, crazy, and wild
-harder, stronger, faster, brighter than yin
-needs yin
(human condition)