RELG 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Faith Healing, Calisthenics, The Roots
31 Jan 2017
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Lao tzu - a man said to have been born about 604 b. c. The taoism originated from him, he is a shadowy figure. Lao tzu can be translated the old boy , the old fellow or the grand old master . He is obviously a title of endearment and respect. But all we really have is a mosaic of legends. Tao te ching - a slim volume of five thousand characters. A testament to humanity"s at-home-ness in the universe, it can be read in half an hour or a lifetime, and remains to this day the basic text of taoism thought. Tao - there are three meanings of tao. Tao first refers to the ultimate reality; one which cannot be conceived by the simple human rational. In second instance, it refers to the way of the universe; the driving power of nature. It is the uninterrupted rhythm of the flow of the universe.
