Daoism in the News

Life in the moment takes care of itself
The Spokesman Review (subscription)
It's possible to actually do this, in the right environment, but it takes some effort. Back in the day, when I was studying Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism – all things not Western, you might say – I undertook a 10-day Vipassana meditation retreat. Talk ...

Strolling through the sea of peach blossoms in Pinggu
China.org.cn
The15th Pinggu International Peach Blossom Music Festival kicked off on April 18, 2013, highlighting a series of sideline events, including the Beijing Midi Music Festival between April 29 and May 1, as well as the Yaji Mountain Daoism Cultural ...

Opposing Views
Description of the Relationship Between Ethics and Religious Beliefs
Opposing Views
Other religious systems, for example Taoism, Zen Buddhist or Shinto, concentrate on the general principles that help one attain spiritual balance. The ethical rules are seen less as absolute prescriptions and more as an expression of the best way to ...

Why the Philippines Failed?
Huffington Post
In his sequel to The Protest Ethic, Weber, in Confucianism and Taoism (1916), tried to differentiate between China and the West by examining how Confucianism emphasized 'adjustment' to the world, as opposed to Western rationality emphasizing 'mastery' ...

Catholic Without a Church
Huffington Post (blog)
I got a Ph.D. in religion after studying Freud, Jung, Hillman, Zen, Taoism, the Hermetic tradition and Greek polytheism. Yet, amid all the changes I still felt that in my very cell of cells I was a Catholic. If predestination means anything, it assures ...

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Seeing the Whole in the Part
First Things (blog)
Kocik succinctly and lucidly presents the core elements of the religious movements of the East (Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism), non-Christian monotheism (Judaism and Islam), Orthodox Christianity, and over a dozen Protestant denominations, ...

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A snapshot of Mount Hua
China.org.cn
Located in Huayin City, about 120 kilometres east of the city of Xi'an, Mount Hua, one of China's Five Great Mountains, is holy ground for Taoism. It features over 20 Taoist temples, of which the Jade Spring and Zhenyue Palaces are the most famous. It ...

Chinese Culture: Customs & Traditions of China
LiveScience.com
About a quarter of the people practice Taoism and Confucianism and other traditional religions. There are also small numbers of Buddhists, Muslims and Christians. Although numerous Protestant and Catholic ministries have been active in the country ...

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China's religion is a belief in its own absolute being
Financial Times
Throughout its long history China produced remarkable thought systems such as Confucianism, Taoism, and Zen (Ch'an) Buddhism. It is sad to note that the contemporary China seems to have thrown away its cultural legacy in endorsement of mammonism.

Text of the Speech of the Union Finance Minister on “The Rise of the East ...
Invest in India
... now has an entire range of Buddhist and Hindu deities, including several fascinating interpretations of the popular elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha and images of Kwan Yin, a goddess of compassion revered in Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism.

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Global crude oil price of Indian Basket declines to US$ 97.90/bbl on 16.04.2013
Press Information Bureau (press release)
... now has an entire range of Buddhist and Hindu deities, including several fascinating interpretations of the popular elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha and images of Kwan Yin, a goddess of compassion revered in Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism.

The Experimental Lakes - Canada.com
Canada.com
Indeed, without the intelligent guidance of unfettered science, Canada is set to make some extremely expensive mistakes. (Ray Grigg is the author of seven internationally published books on Oriental philosophy, specifically Zen and Taoism. He lives on ...

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China's Catholic body vs the Vatican
Asia Times Online
The country officially recognizes five ''religions'': Buddhism, Daoism, Islam, Catholicism and Protestantism. Chinese should be free to believe in whatever they want, whether it be papal supremacy, thetans, or The Force. Catholics should be protected ...

Yareah Magazine
From the Tower of Babel to the Endless Column
Yareah Magazine
Religion whether is Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, Islamism, Taoism, Lamaist Buddhism, etc. consists of a cosmology (science of the universe) or a cosmogony (a creation myth), an ontology (theory of the Being), a gnoseology (theory of knowledge) and ...

Asian Countries Train in Traditional Chinese Medicine Techniques
Prensa Latina
Lectures and studies on the field are included in the program, with particular emphasis on acupuncture, Chinese massage or Tui Na (a treatment of hands on the body that incorporates Taoism concepts). Cui Yongqiang, who leads the program at the ...

China Daily
Beijing hosts TCM program
China Daily
"Both lectures and field studies, mainly about acupuncture, Chinese massage or tuina (a hands-on body treatment that incorporates principals of Taoism), are included in the training, which also serves as a platform for participants to exchange ideas ...

Longhu Mountain Resort in China's Jiangxi
China.org.cn
Located in Guixi City, Longhu Mountain Resort is the birthplace of Taoism. It is particularly important to the Zhengyi Dao as it the Shangqing Temple and the Mansion of the Taoist Master are located here. In addition, it has numerous scenic spots ...

China Daily
Beijing hosts TCM program
China Daily
"Both lectures and field studies, mainly about acupuncture, Chinese massage or tuina (a hands-on body treatment that incorporates principals of Taoism), are included in the training, which also serves as a platform for participants to exchange ideas ...

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Tahoe acupuncturist says personal mythology key to health
Tahoe Daily Tribune
For example, Chinese medicine is grounded in the philosophy and mythology of Taoism, which is based in the deep observation of nature. In the Tao Te Ching, the fundamental literature of Taoism, Lao Tse often uses the element of water as a metaphor of ...

China Daily
Cosmic dream drama
China Daily
Neither does it require familiarity with Taoism or Buddhism to get to the heart of the work. However, it may yield to varying interpretations. Where one sees life as it inevitably can be, another may resonate with the efforts to steadfastly swerve from ...

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