3.  Tao (pronounced “Dow”) can be roughly
translated into English as path, or the way. It is
basically indefinable. It has to be experienced.
It “refers to a power which envelops, surrounds
and flows through all things, living and non-living.
 Taoism currently has about 20 million followers.

4.  Tao
is the road towards perfection,
perfect balance and perfect harmony.
 Tao is the center of authentic and
meaningful life.

5.  Started as a combination of psychology and philosophy
but evolved into a religious faith in 440CE when it was
adopted as a state religion. At that time Lao-Tse
became popularly venerated as a deity. Taoism, along
with Buddhism and Confucianism, became one of the
three great religions of China.
 With the end of the Ch'ing Dynasty in 1911, state
support for Taoism ended. Much of the Taoist heritage
was destroyed during the next period of warlordism.
 After the Communist victory in 1949, religious freedom
was severely restricted. Several million monks were
reduced to fewer than 50,000 by 1960.
 During the cultural revolution in China form 1966 to 1976,
much of the remaining Taoist heritage was destroyed.

6.  The founder of Taoism is
Lao-Tse.
 Believed by many religious
historians to be Lao-Tse
(604-479 BCE), whose life
overlapped that of
Confucius (551-479 BCE).

7. 1
2
3
4
Tao and Te
Wu-wei
Naturalness
Three Treasures

8. In this belief, the
Universe is seen as
being in a constant
process of
re-creating itself,
as everything that
exists is a mere
aspect of life,
diluted, it’s
indefinite potential.

9.  “Tao produced the One
The One produced the tow,
The two produced the three;
And the three produced the ten thousand things.”
1---- 2 --- 3 --- 10000

11. YIN
Feminine
 Passive
 Darkness
 Cold
 Weak
 Earth; Moon

YANG
Masculine
 Action
 Light
 Warmth
 Strong
 Heaven; Sun

YIN
YANG