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.

1. Taoism
An Introduction
Presented by Mis Zubaida Batool

2. Reason of selecting this topic
Taoism
(esoterism)
Confucianism
(exoterism)
The Tradition
Of Fu-Hsi

4.  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.

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

6.  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.

7.  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).

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

9. 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.

10.  “Tao produced the One
The One produced the tow,
The two produced the three;
And the three produced the ten thousand things.”
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12. YANG
 Masculine
 Action
 Light
 Warmth
 Strong
 Heaven; Sun
YIN
 Feminine
 Passive
 Darkness
 Cold
 Weak
 Earth; Moon
YIN
YANG