Questions tagged [taoism]
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When I empty out intentions and relax in meditation, what is this force that moves my body in complex patterns?
When I empty out intentions and relax in meditation, what is this force that moves my body in complex patterns?
For example, when I let go for a bit I start walking and making circles and doing ...
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Similarities between Daoism and Buddhism
What are some of the similarities between Taoism and Buddhism? Can one achieve the Tao through Buddhism and vice versa, can one achieve nirvana through Taoism?
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How do zen practitioners balance the mix between Buddhism detachment and Taoism attachment?
On this site there's a topic Is there common ground between the Tao Te Ching and Buddhism? where one of the answers says:
A commentator of the Taoist philosopher Guo Xiang's work and a Taoist ...
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How to regain Enlightenment?
I had the most profound experience after what felt like a near death experience. I believe I was having a heart attack, and after focusing on my body for 20-30 minutes I ceased being aware of signs of ...
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How is the pendulum understood in Buddhism?
I've seen the pendulum is widely used as an illustration for finding a neutral, balance point between the extremes. Its movement is also periodic which shares the same characteristic with samsara. It ...
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Are there many differences between Taoism and Buddhism?
The question says it all.
I'm not much familiar with either. I've read the book of Tao a few times and have read a few Buddhist scriptures.
To me they seem so different and so alike at the same time, ...
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How does one escape suffering when they cannot provide for those they love
Taoism and Buddhism say we should distance our self from suffering and accept life as is if we cannot change it. But what if we have serious clinical depression or cannot provide properly for those we ...
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Zen koans, is there any point in thinking about them?
Or must we just count our breaths and repeat the phrase?
I was asked I think "what is your original face" - and I think it's the way / tao, but that's just something that occurred to me, I wrote down ...
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Why is Zen/Chan thought to be more related to Buddhism than to Taoism?
According to the book The Tao of Zen, Zen/Chan is esentially a form of Taoism. This makes sense to me, as it's hard to understand what is the common ground between the relative simplicity of Zen and ...
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Comparison of Nirvana, Tao and Brahman/Atma
Nirvana is described in Samyutta Nikaya 43 as
"the unfabricated (unborn?), the uninclined, the truth, the far shore,
the subtle, the very difficult to see, the unaging (eternal?), the
stable, ...
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What is a Tao Buddhist?
This answer refers to a Tao Buddhist. I've never heard of this term. Is a a definite religious movement or is it just a colloquial term that refers to someone who holds both view simultaneously? In ...
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Mixing Buddhism with other religions [closed]
The predominant opinion of people with a lot of experience with practising Buddhism seems to be that there are irreconcilable gaps between Buddhism and Christianity and that it makes no sense to be a ...
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Is there common ground between the Tao Te Ching and Buddhism?
I am interested in Buddhism and the book Tao Te Ching, written by Lao-Tzu in c. 600 BC. Is there common ground between these two Eastern philosophies?
link to audio of Tao Te Ching
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Was the influence of Taoism on Buddhism responsible for the development of Mahayana?
In this Partially Examined Life podcast the presenters stated that when Buddhism moved into Chinese it naturally was influenced by the pre-existing Taoist philosophy which is uncontroversial. However ...
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