This document provides information about key concepts in Daoism. It discusses:
- The origins of Daoism with Laozi and the Dao De Jing.
- Key figures like Zhuangzi and texts like the Zhuangzi that spread Daoist teachings.
- Central Daoist principles like Wu Wei (non-action), Dao (the way), Qi (vital energy), Yin-Yang, and the Five Elements.
- Practices associated with Daoism like Feng Shui which aims to create harmony between individuals and their environment.
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Introduction
SINCE ancient times, human beings have always pondered philosophical questions relating to living organisms, the planet Earth and the universe itself. What is life?
Are human beings special living organisms?
What is that twinkling star in the night sky?
What is the universe?
How big is the universe and where does it begin and end?
These are just a few questions. However, these questions can hardly be answered yet.
That is,
1. life,
2. The earth,
3. The universe
are still deep with mysteries in modern day science. In this article, we would like to explore the topic of the universe and compare modern cosmology with Buddhist cosmology.
Big Bang Theory
Inflationary Big Bang Theory The most accepted theory in cosmology today is the Inflationary Big Bang theory.
This theory about how the universe was born is supported by two specific observations describing the expansion of the universe and its background radiation.
Steady-State Cosmology
Another cosmology theory besides the Big Bang theory exists.
This theory is called the Steady State theory which was advocated in 1948 by Fred Hoyle, Thomas Gold, and Hellman Bondi.
This cosmology, unlike the Big Bang theory, suggests that the universe has fundamentally always had the same appearance up to the present time.
The feature of this cosmology is that there is neither a beginning nor an end in the universe.
In this scenario, the universe is naturally expanding.
The universe generally appears the same whenever newly-born stellar bodies expand and fill the universe.
Buddhist Cosmology
The most interesting aspects of self-consistent ancient Indian Buddhist cosmology are the conceptualizations of vast space, incomprehensible time and the considerations of life existence.
Buddhist cosmology is well expressed in Buddhist scriptures that explains all worldly phenomena.
The vast cosmology is described allegorically where Mt. Sumeru is located at the center amongst a ring of seven mountains ranges and dividing seas.
There are also four continents surrounding the rings of mountain ranges and seas. Human beings live on one of the four continents shaped in the form of a trapezoid called the Embudai (Senbushu).
The world of the Hell exists vertically under the Embudai continent, while Heaven (Ten) and Meditator (Zenjo-sha) exists vertically above it.
The sun and moon rotate around the entire one-world system.
The allegoric concept of the one-world system in Buddhism with Mt. Sumeru at its center extends
13 million Yojana (Yujun)
or 90 million km,
which is comparable to the distance between the Earth and Sun.
This is in exact accordance with our solar system both in name and reality.
Further, 1000 one-world systems are called a small-thousand-world system,
1000 small-thousand-world systems are called a medium-thousand world-system,
.
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1. Announcements
• Wed, Nov 22 — No Class DQ worth
• DQ worth 5 points, Friday get 5 points
• Wed, Dec 13 — Last Day of Class
• Topic 6 Assignment — Biography of a Chinese, Japanese, or Korean Deity
• Topic 7 Assignment — CLC Class Presentation on a Religion
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2. Pronunciation (Pinyun)
• ZH — sounded ZZHHHH
• E — “uh” Dr. Cheung
• X — “sh” Xian
• Q — “ch” Qi
• Ei — “ayy” Beijing
• J — “j” Beijing
• ia — yiah Xian
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3. BC / AD or BCE / CE
• AD Anno Domini
• BC before Christ
• CE Common Era
• BCE Before the Common Era
3
22. Classical Period
551 - 221 BCE
From Confucius to Qin Dynasty
Philosophies Spread in China
Qin Dynasty Dominated
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/zhuangzi/
23. Zhuangzi
369 - 286 BCE
Pronounced “Chang-Tze”
City of Qiyuan, in Meng Province
Official in the Palace of Wei
Ames, R. T. and Ware, . James Hamilton (2019, April 4). Zhuangzi. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zhuangzi
25. Zhuangzi
Spread the teachings of Lao Tzu
Refuted Confucianism
Ames, R. T. and Ware, . James Hamilton (2019, April 4). Zhuangzi. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zhuangzi
26. Book of Zhuangzi
476 - 221 BCE
aka Nashua Zhenjiang
Pure Classic of Nashua
Ames, R. T. and Ware, . James Hamilton (2019, April 4). Zhuangzi. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zhuangzi
27. Book of Zhuangzi
That which can be known or said about
the Dao is not really Dao
It has no beginning or end
Life is ongoing transformation of Dao
There is no good or evil
Things should follow their own course
Ames, R. T. and Ware, . James Hamilton (2019, April 4). Zhuangzi. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zhuangzi
29. Beliefs
• There are no bad people, only people who behave badly
• Proper education leads a person to behave well
• Proper education involves living in harmony with the universe
• Living in harmony means submitting to Dao and being
fl
exible
https://www.worldhistory.org/Taoism/
30. Principles of Daoism
Dao - “The Way” the harmony & order throughout the universe
Wu Wei - Acting to live in harmony with Dao
Pu - Act of being uncut wood or unformed clay to be formed by the Dao
Qi - The energy that
fl
ows throughout the universe
Li - The observation that everything is always changing
https://www.ancient.eu/Taoism/
32. There was something undefined and complete,
coming into existence before Heaven and Earth.
How still it was and formless, standing alone,
and undergoing no change, reaching
everywhere and in danger (of being
exhausted)! It may be regarded as the Mother
of all things.
Dao De Ching 25
https://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/taote.htm
33. I do not know its name, and I give it the
designation of the Tao. Making an effort
(further) to give it a name I call it The Great.
Dao De Ching 25
https://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/taote.htm
34. Great, it passes on (in constant flow). Passing
on, it become remote. Having become remote,
it returns. Therefore the Tao isgreat; Heaven is
great; Earth is great; and the (sage) king is
also great. In the universe there are four that
are great, and the (sage) king is one of them.
Dao De Ching 25
https://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/taote.htm
35. Man takes his law from the Earth; the Earth
takes its law from Heaven; Heaven takes its law
from the Tao. The law of the Tao is its being
what it is.
Dao De Ching 25
https://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/taote.htm
37. Wuwei Non-Action
The practice of taking no action that is not in accord with the natural
course of the Universe (i.e. The Dao)
Stefon, M. (2013, September 23). wuwei. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/wuwei-Chinese-philosophy
38. Wuwei
Human beings—through logical thought, language, culture, and
government—often interfere with this natural course, forsaking
Stefon, M. (2013, September 23). wuwei. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/wuwei-Chinese-philosophy
39. Wuwei
A Wise King rules by cultivating within himself a constant awareness
of and responsiveness to this natural Way. By taking no unnatural
action, he actualizes the Way within his own life;
Stefon, M. (2013, September 23). wuwei. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/wuwei-Chinese-philosophy
42. Pu Unhewn wood, uncarved stone
“Unhewn wood” (pu), which, though unre
fi
ned, “could not be mastered by
anyone in the world.” The sage kings of antiquity, according to the Daoists,
were e
ff
ective rulers not because they mastered bureaucracy and legislation
but because they practiced simplicity (pu) and cultivated themselves in
accordance with the spontaneous Way.
Stefon, M. (2022, January 25). pu. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/pu-Daoism
44. Qi Steam, breath, vital energy
The vital force
fl
owing throughout the universe, and
fl
owing through our breath and
bodily
fl
uids
Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopaedia (2023, August 22). qi. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/qi-Chinese-philosophy
45. Qi, - Is the “life force” or “spiritual energy” that pervades
the natural world. It constitutes all things and,
simultaneously, is the engine behind all worldly
transformations.
https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Qi
Qi. (2019). New World Encyclopedia
50. Creative Cycle
Wood feeds
fi
re
Fire creates Earth (ash)
Earth produces Metals
Metals attract Water (condensation)
Water feeds Wood
(Conner, 2020 Adducation)
51. Weakening Cycle
Counter clockwise
Wood drinks up Water
Water rusts Metal
Mining metal depletes the earth
Earth extinguishes Fire
Fire Burns up Wood
(Conner, 2020 Adducation)
59. 25:1. There was something unde
fi
ned and complete, coming into existence
before Heaven and Earth. How still it was and formless, standing alone, and
undergoing no change, reaching everywhere and in no danger (of being
exhausted)! It may be regarded as the Mother of all things.
25:2. I do not know its name, and I give it the designation of the Tao (the Way or
Course). Making an effort (further) to give it a name I call it The Great.
25:3. Great, it passes on (in constant
fl
ow). Passing on, it becomes remote.
Having become remote, it returns. Therefore the Tao is great; Heaven is great;
Earth is great; and the (sage) king is also great. In the universe there are four
that are great, and the (sage) king is one of them.
25:4. Man takes his law from the Earth; the Earth takes its law from Heaven;
Heaven takes its law from the Tao. The law of the Tao is its being what it is.
http://classics.mit.edu/Lao/taote.mb.txt
60. 27:1. The skilful traveller leaves no traces of his wheels or footsteps;
the skilful speaker says nothing that can be found fault with or blamed;
the skilful reckoner uses no tallies; the skilful closer needs no
bolts or bars, while to open what he has shut will be impossible;
the skilful binder uses no strings or knots, while to unloose what
he has bound will be impossible. In the same way the sage is always
skilful at saving men, and so he does not cast away any man; he is
always skilful at saving things, and so he does not cast away anything.
This is called 'Hiding the light of his procedure.'
27:2. Therefore the man of skill is a master (to be looked up to) by
him who has not the skill; and he who has not the skill is the helper
of (the reputation of) him who has the skill. If the one did not honour
his master, and the other did not rejoice in his helper, an (observer),
though intelligent, might greatly err about them. This is called 'The
utmost degree of mystery.'
http://classics.mit.edu/Lao/taote.mb.txt
63. Feng Shui
The philosophy of feng shui is a practice of arranging
the pieces in living spaces in order to create
balance with the natural world. The goal is to harness
energy forces and establish harmony between an
individual and their environment.
Cho, A. 26 Jan 2021 “The Basics of Feng Shui”
64. Feng Shui
• Commanding Position - spot furthest from door
• Bagua - energy map superimposed over
fl
oor plan
of your room
Cho, A. 26 Jan 2021 “The Basics of Feng Shui”
66. Family (Zhen)
• Goal: Healthy Family, new beginnings
• Shapes: Columnar, rectangular furniture
• Colors: Green, blues, teal
• Season: Spring
• Number: 4 pieces of furniture
• Composition: Yang wood
Cho, A. 26 Jan 2021 “The Basics of Feng Shui”