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Week 2
Tao which is loosely translated as “the way” or “the path,” is along with Buddhism and Confucianism one of the three major religions that have strongly influenced both social and political aspects of life in China even having been adopted as a state religion from from 440 B.C.E. to 1911 A.D. The purported founder of Taoism is Lao Tzu “the Old Master” or “The Old Boy” (ERM 31) who is said to have written the founding principles of Taoism in the Tao Te Ching, a collection of proverbs that serves as the central text of Taoism. Whether or not Lao Tzu even truly existed remains unclear but the Tao Te Ching remains to this day a major influence in the way people think all around the world.
The best way to describe the Tao to my generation would probably be by likening it to the concept of “the force” popularized by George Lucas in his “Star Wars” sagas. What is the force? Like the nameless Tao it is a sacred power. As Yoda describes it: ”Life creates...