Daoism

-founded by Laozi

-6th century BCE

archivist

-rituals include Tai Chi

-Daoism had general followers and spiritual leaders

-practiced by 225 million worldwide

BASIC INFO

IMPORTANT TEXTS

-the Zhuangzi

-Daodejong

-not sacred, but an

important collection

of teachings

BASIC BELIEFS

-The Dao was the way of nature

-loving

-wraps everything in its power

-the flow of the universe

-urged withdrawl into nature

-encouraged spotaneaous and natural behavior

-"Wu Wei" was practiced, when means effortless effort

the yin-yang symbol is representative of life and its balance