Lao Tzu: Father of Taoism


	Lao Tzu: Father of Taoism

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/60d10480-27e0-4b19-9c7b-d38e7ef8ffda/596CEB9B-4413-4753-99C4-DE66514D6769/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Philosophy/Taichi/lao.html" href="http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Philosophy/Taichi/lao.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.chebucto.ns.ca</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Philosophy/Taichi/lao.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.chebucto.ns.ca/img/1BF1C8E0-7FE1-43A6-9BDC-0BD91D3C91B0" alt="Confucius." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Philosophy/Taichi/lao.html">
In Lao Tzu's view things were said to create "unnatural" action (wei) by 
shaping desires (<I>yu</I>). The process of learning the names 
(<I>ming</I>) used in the doctrines helped one to make distinctions between 
good and evil, beautiful and ugly, high and low, and "being" (yu) and "non-
being" (<I>wu</I>), thereby shaping desires. To abandon knowledge was to 
abandon names, distinctions, tastes and desires. Thus spontaneous behavior 
(<I>wu-wei</I>) resulted.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Philosophy/Taichi/lao.html">
Contemplating the remarkable natural world Lao Tzu felt that it was man 
and his activities which constituted a blight on the otherwise perfect order of 
things. Thus he counseled people to turn away from the folly of human 
pursuits and to return to one's natural wellspring.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Philosophy/Taichi/lao.html">
The central vehicle of achieving tranquillity was the <I>Tao</I></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Philosophy/Taichi/lao.html">'the way' or 'the path.'</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Philosophy/Taichi/lao.html">
Look, it cannot be seen - it is beyond form.
Listen, it cannot be heard - it is beyond sound.
Grasp, it cannot be held - it is intangible.
These three are indefinable, they are one.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/596CEB9B-4413-4753-99C4-DE66514D6769/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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