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Tao ( //, //) or Dao ( // ; from بالصينية: 道; پنين: Dào [tɑ̂ʊ] ( استمع)) is a Chinese word signifying "way", "path", "route", "road" or sometimes more loosely "doctrine", "principle" or "holistic beliefs". In the context of East Asian philosophy and East Asian religions, Tao is the natural order of the universe whose character one's human intuition must discern in order to realize the potential for individual wisdom. This intuitive knowing of "life" cannot be grasped as a concept; it is known through actual living experience of one's everyday being.
Laozi in the Tao Te Ching explains that the Tao is not a "name" for a "thing" but the underlying natural order of the Universe whose ultimate essence is difficult to circumscribe due to it being non-conceptual yet evident in one's being of aliveness.[] The Tao is "eternally nameless" (Tao Te Ching-32. Laozi) and to be distinguished from the countless "named" things which are considered to be its manifestations, the reality of life before its descriptions of it.
The Tao lends its name to the religious tradition (Wade–Giles, Tao Chiao; Pinyin, Daojiao) and philosophical tradition (Wade–Giles, Tao chia; Pinyin, Daojia) that are both referred to in English with the single term Taoism.
Description and uses of the concept
The word "Tao" (道) has a variety of meanings in both ancient and modern Chinese language. Aside from its purely prosaic use to mean road, channel, path, principle, or similar, the word has acquired a variety of differing and often confusing metaphorical, philosophical and religious uses. In most belief systems, the word is used symbolically in its sense of 'way' as the 'right' or 'proper' way of existence, or in the context of ongoing practices of attainment or of the full coming into being, or the state of enlightenment or spiritual perfection that is the outcome of such practices.
See also
- Daoism–Taoism romanization issue
- Dharma
- Logos
- Fard
- Rta
- God
- Absolute (philosophy)
Notes
References
Citations
- ^ Dr Zai, J. . Ultravisum, 2015.
- ^ DeFrancis (1996) p. 113.
- ^ LaFargue (1992), pp. 245–7.
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- Zhou Fagao (周法高). "Shanggu Hanyu he Han-Zangyu 上古漢語和漢藏語" (Journal of the Institute of Chinese Studies of the Chinese University of Hong Kong 1972 5:159–244). (صينية)
Further reading
- Translation of the Tao te Ching by Derek Lin
- 老子 Lǎozĭ 道德經 Dàodéjīng Verbatim, Analogous, Poetic (Chinese, English, German)
- http://ctext.org/dao-de-jing Translation of the Dao de Jing by James Legge
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/216 Legge translation of the Tao Teh King at Project Gutenberg
- Feng, Gia-Fu & Jane English (translators). 1972. Laozi/Dao De Jing. New York: Vintage Books.
- Komjathy, Louis. Handbooks for Daoist Practice.عشرة vols. Hong Kong: Yuen Yuen Institute, 2008.
- Mitchell, Stephen (translator). 1988. Tao Te Ching: A New English Version. New York: Harper & Row.
- Robinet, Isabelle. Taoism: Growth of a Religion (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1997 [original French 1992]) page 14,20. ISBN 0-8047-2839-9.
- Sterckx, Roel. Chinese Thought. From Confucius to Cook Ding. London: Penguin, 2019.
- Dao entry from Center for Daoist Studies
- The Tao of Physics, Fritjof Capra, 1975
External links
- Quotations related to تاوat Wikiquote
- The Wiktionary definition of 道
- The Wiktionary definition of tao
