Taoism Flashcards
(25 cards)
fu
-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)
te
-the featuress/characteristics that we reflect from the Tao
because we came from the Tao
(human condition)
acupuncture
-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)
qigong
-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)
feng shui
-chinese practice to circulate chi in a house
-move furniture
-get plants
(how do we get there)
chi
-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)
yin
-the dark swirl
-recieve/complete actions
-calm
-softer, weaker, slower, darker than yang
-needs yang
(human condition)
ancestors
-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)
hungry ghosts
-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)
pu
-has lots of potential/primordial condition of the mind
-natural state/simplicity
(how do we get there)
tao te ching
-sacred text full mof poems
-written by lao tzu
(all of them but mostly human condition)
ziran
-to be comfotable in your own skin
-to preform an action without calculation
(human condition)
beqathing meditation
-focuses on breathing to conect with the heavens and
earth
(how do we get there
immortality
-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)
wu wei
-not doing/effortless action
-belief that if ones actions are harmony with the Tao then it will feel effortless
(how do we get there)
external alchemy
-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)
orphan souls
-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)
internal alchemy
-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)
pilgrimage
-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)
Tao
-eternal source that we come from and where we wil
return
-what taoism is based on
(human condition/where are we going)
emptiness meditation
-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)
reconciling opposites
-knowing that yin and yang need each other to exist
how do we get there
taijitu
-the formal word/chinese symbol for ying and yang
human condition
lao tzu
-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)
