Taoism as One of The Three Religions in China

According to tradition Taoism ‘Tao’ (pronounced Dowism) originated with a man named Lao Tzu, he is a shadowy figure. We know nothing for certain about him and Tao is simply an old transferred fashion of ideology and faithful belief that is bottom line planted in Chinese habits and accredited to Lao Tzu. Which came up with to the people’s faithful of the people basically in the countryside of china and became the functionary faith of the country under the Tang Dynasty and carried on with during the Song Dynasty. For more than a thousand years ‘the Three Religion’ has been a stereotyped phrase in China, meaning what we call Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. Three Religions in China means ‘the three Teachings’ or systems of instruction, leaving the subject-matter of each ‘Teaching’ to be learned by inquiry. Of the three, Buddhism is of course the most recent, having been introduced into China only in the first century of our Christian era. Both the others were indigenous to the country, and are traceable to a much greater antiquity, so that it is a question to which the earlier origin should be assigned. At the moment Confucianism obtained favor and switched from an authorized faithful to a favorite religious tradition. Overall, Tao is a fair connection between peoples and nature is therefore both an ideology and worship. Taoists trust combines everything in the planet and they spending a lot of time focus on livelihood an easy and stability life in harmony with nature and that’s one of the most principal in Tao. Taoists believe that quarrel is not ethical and that if you have a issue with something, it is much better to find a way around it, the ancient Taoist’s assisted leaders ruling a pleasant region that was tremendous successful, there is no good in the absence of evil or vice versa, bright requires blackness, wisdom requires foolishness, so on and forth.

The Tao therefore is a phenomenon; not a positive being, but a mode of being. Lao’s idea of it may become plainer as we proceed to other points of his system. Simply Tao is a path of thinking about life and has numerous profound theories which for the common person to understand. Currently, Tao is mostly exercised in mainland of china. It has also grown and disperses to other parts of Asian regions and even around the globe. One thing that remains Tao is its pliability and many followers exercise Tao in coincidence with other faith. Many of the old martial arts also instrument the Tao into their exercises and teachings. Those principles have to be learned from the treatise of Lao ze and the writings of Kwang ze. We can hardly say that the Tao taught in them is the Taoism now current in China, or that has been current in it for many centuries; but in an inquiry into the nature and origin of religions these are the authorities that must be consulted for Taoism, and whose evidence must be accepted. Tao educates a person to flow with life. Over the years Tao has become many things to countless people. Hundreds of variation in Taoist exercise exists. Some of these exercises are philosophical and others are religious beliefs. The Tao accepts and welcomes life in actions that support them as a person. Tao teaches a person to live in their heart. Tao respects the concept of God. At first one might think a discussion of God would be an impersonal topic, every person has a deep and connected relationship in what they view God may or may not be. A Taoist doesn’t think the Tao is before, after or is even equal to God. The Tao is a concept to describe something that goes beyond their capability to define. Tao leaves the Tao undefined; a Taoist happily explores the wonder that opens up as a result. Something which is indescribable is outside of human definition by default. However they can still accept it as indefinable. The Tao by being indescribable removes all issues of perception in its definition since perception cannot directly reveal the Tao which is undefined. It’s just simply and utterly is. Chinese society that is integral to the understanding of Chinese society, culture, customs, tradition and philosophical ideology. Seasons go by, but in the change there is eternity, and there is birth and death, but life carries on, and there is clear chaos, but there is a deep-rooted harmony. So from this duality of Wu and Yu there are certain derivative concepts.

Tao wants peace and stability like many other faiths and some important people of the history of Tao are Lao Tzu. The ultimate goal for the Taoist is to achieve immortality through mediation and justice and the central ideas in the Tao is the importance of avoiding radicals and always seeking the middle path on the journey through life. The objective is to cooperate from the middle ground between radicals. This avoiding causing any counter-reactions to your own actions, the net effect is one of objectivity. Tao motivates us to sense the globe around us directly and to observe our impressions deeply from a position of neutrality. It advises against relying on the structures and ideology belief that have been created by others. Such ideologies remove us from a direct experience of life and effectively cut us off from our feeling and intuition. Become to know the Tao, you understand that everything in the universe is in a state of flowing out. The emotional and intellectual structures that you build for your comfort and security will be subject to change by external forces that are largely beyond our control. The challenge is to accept the certain of change and should not waste our energies sustaining up what one day must surely fall, defending them against criticisms and convincing others to believe so that they are recognized as permanent truth. The paramount objectives of Tao are that any beliefs would necessarily be a matter of abstraction of ideas, words and stories. In Tao, such beliefs are an intermediary between harmonious natural self and the conditioned self of the go-between word.

To conclude, Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism are the three most dominant religions amongst the Chinese people. They all have long and colorful histories and all have at one time or another been referred to as a philosophy rather than a religion. Taoism is in the unique position of being a philosophy that was able to take on religious aspects, derived from folkloric Chinese customs and thus satisfy all adherents and prospective adherents.

Tao and Confucianism complement each other, running side by side like two powerful streams through Chinese thought and literature. The Taoists made Lao their supreme god, taking Dao De Jing as their cannon, with Zhang Ling, the founder, as the sect’s heavenly teacher. Since the Ming Dynasty, the influence of Tao on folks had become stronger and stronger. Taoists focus on living a simple and unbiased life of harmony with nature; this is the one of the most important principles in Tao. Taoists believe there are Three Jewels all Taoists should live by - compassion, moderation and humility. The religious aspect of Taoism is polytheistic. There are a number of deities each believed to be a manifestation of some aspect of the Tao. Taoists, however, do not pray to these deities, they are not personified nor can they solve any of life's problems. Taoists solve problems through meditation and observation. The heart of Taoist ritual is the concept of bringing order and harmony to the cosmos as a whole.