TAOISM 

Ivana Tita Bella Widiwati

Ketut Pangesti Jayanti

Saffana Sitta Kamila
Widiasari
 Topic of the Today

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Concept of Main
The Origin
GOD Teaching

The Concept
Practices Challenges
of Afterlife

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 The ORIGIN

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Is TAOISM a religion?
Taoism significantly influenced Chinese culture from the Shang
Dynasty forward and closely related to an ancient Chinese
philosopher and writer named Lao Tzu. Lao Tzu philosophy,
which became the main guideline for Taoist, is scripted in a
Chinese classic text called The Dao-de Jing. This philosophy is
also contributed in a Chinese folk religion of people in China that
are lived in the rural area. Therefore, it can be concluded that,
Taoism is the combination of philosophy and religion.

How was Lao Tzu eventually created TAO TE CHING?

Lao Tzu

Lao Tzu

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 Spread of TAOISM

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Taoism mostly spread around Asia.

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NORTH
AMERICA

JAPAN
KOREA
CHINA
TAIWAN

SINGAPO
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What is DAO-DE JING?
Dao-de Jing, 道德经 , contains about ways to follow the Tao and
live in a state of harmony. The Dao-de Jing is an attempt to
remind people that they are connected to others and to the
earth and that everyone could live together peacefully if people
would only be mindful of how their thoughts and actions affect
themselves, others, and the earth.

Another scripture?
Besides Dao-de Jing, Taoist also have The Zhuangzi,   莊子 , that
compile the Zhuang Master (Zhuangzi) writings and others. The
Zhuangzi is a philosophical compilation that established around
5th-3rd century BC.
Dao-de Jing

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 The CONCEPT OF GOD

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Do taoism considered as a monotheistic, polytheistic or transtheistic religion?

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Who is their
GOD?

 Taoism is a polytheist religion

Taoists believes that the universe can be divided into two parts, human
being and gods. Each kind of god has its highest commander. The highest
revered god is personalized into "San Qiang" gods, i.e. Yu Qing, Shang
Qing, and Tai Qing. Tai Qing is Lao Tzu.

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The Eight Immortals are the key figures in Taoism. They

include:
There are thousands  He Xiangu ( 何仙姑 )
 Cao Guojiu ( 曹國舅 )
of Taoist gods. Some
 Li Tieguai ( 李鐵拐 ) What are their
of them are  Lan Caihe ( 藍采和 ) abilities?
individual who reach  Lü Dongbin ( 呂洞賓 )
immortality.  Han Xiangzi ( 韓湘子 )
 Zhang Guolao ( 張果老 )
 Zhongli Quan ( 鍾離權 )

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 The TEACHING in Taoism

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SIMPLICITY, PATIENCE, COMPASSION

Simple in actions and thoughts, patient with everyone and everything, and Compassionate
toward yourself.
GOING WITH THE FLOW
“When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.”
LETTING GO
If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to.
HARMONY
Tao engenders One; One engenders Two; Two engenders Three; Three engenders all
things. All things carry the yin (femininity) while embrace the yang (masculinity).
Neutralising energy brings them into harmony.

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 Taoism BELIEFS

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The Dao is the origin of everything and the
ultimate aim of all Daoists.

Dao
“The Way”

Daoism regards life as the

most valuable thing and
Yin and Yang The Value of Life pursues immortality.

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Philosophical (Realistic)

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The process by which the Dao gave rise to reality is “GET THE THINGS
defined in the classic text, Dao-De Jing, as follows: Yin and Yang YOU WANT BY NOT
‘The Tao gives birth to the One. WANTING THEM”
The One gives birth to the Two.
The Two gives birth to the Three.
The Three give birth to everything.’
These words describe how the Tao, the essence of all,
gives birth to Nature—the One—which in turn gives “LET THE
birth to Yin and Yang—the Two. Yin is female, moist, RIVER FLOW
IF YOU WANT
cold, the moon, autumn and winter, shadows and
WATER”
waters. Yang is male, dry, hot, the sun, spring and
summer, brightness and earth. From the perpetual “TO GET THINGS
striving of Yin and Yang arises the Three—Heaven, DONE BY
Earth and Humanity. Humanity must try to balance LETTING THEM

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the opposites of Heaven and Earth.

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Taoists have a great focus on their own physical heath and longevity.

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MEDITATION
Taoists employ several different methods of meditation. The simplest form, and the most
similar to the Buddhist and Hindu traditions, is the inner alchemical meditation. The goal of
this meditation is to calm and empty the mind and circulate chi.

T’AI CHI CH’UAN

also called T'ai Chi, is a popular Taoist martial art that combines the principles of yin and yang into a
sequence of slow, flowing movements designed to stimulate and harmonize chi -- or life energy -- for
health, vitality and self-defense. T'ai Chi practitioners use breath, awareness, balance and
concentration to produce an internal mediation and achieve outward mobility and strength.

QIGONG
sometimes written as chi kung, is an integrative practice of breathing excercises, body postures
and/or visualizations designed to cultivate life energy and circulate it through the body.

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Taoists have a great focus on their own physical heath and longevity.

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DIETARY
According to Maoshing Ni of the Taoist Wellness center, Taoists strive to live by the principles
of harmony with nature and balance in everyday life. Diet plays and important role in
achieving this goal. The Taoist diet is one of simplicity, focusing on whole foods that are easy
digest. Forbid to eat or drink alcohol, meat, grains and beans.

ENERGY FLOW
The flow of life (chi’) within the body can enhanced regulated and harmonized by various
forms of meditation, acupunture and feng shui.

WORSHIP and RITUALS

Taoist rituals involve purification, meditation and offerings to deities. The details of Taoist rituals are often
highly complex and technical and therefore the rituals involve assistants. Temple rituals. Temple rituals can
be used to regulate ch'i and balance the flow of yin and yang both for individuals and the wider community.

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In temple they worship rituals involve prayers to various Taoist deities, meditations on talismans, and

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reciting and chanting prayers and texts.

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 The Concept of AFTERLIFE

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Immortality and Reincarnation

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Taoism teaches that humans ought to accept life and death as

"Since life and death complementary aspects of the Tao. Death should be neither feared
nor desired. Taoism also believe in reincarnation. Taoists believe
are each other's that the existential universe is the sum of three worlds, and that
companions, why there are six ways (deities, demons, men, animals, famished souls
worry about them? and earthly prisons). Transmigration means to go through one of
the six ways and after physical death, move up or down according
All beings are one." to the spiritual development of the soul, continuing with its path in
Chuang-Tzu the world. This could be understood as the “Taoist reincarnation”.

Reincarnation in Taoism

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 CHALLENGES Nowadays

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Problems that might faced by Taoists.

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Balancing western or modern life with
Many taoist Losing Its Way taoist studies
1 Researchers say the main reasons for Daoism’s troubles are
its poor social networking and the lack of available
4 there are many practices of taoism opposite with the
activity in modern life, furthermore, it is hard to run all the
information about its teachings. Case sample in singapore, practices and rituals.
the decline of taoists. Many taoist when asked about
taoism; they were blank.

Spread throughout other parts of Asia and

2 throughout the world
Taoist teachings being diluted by western marketing 5
Different scholl in china and taiwan might teach diffrent
thing about taoism.

Unqualified teachers attemptiing to teach

taoism
3 Because much of the true elements of taoism are orally
passed on and not in writing. One can only truly learn
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taoism by studying with a master.

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 THANK YOU!

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Hope this presentation help you to enrich your knowledge about Taoism 

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