Associations to the word «Tao»

Wiktionary

TAO, noun. (Taoism) The essential principle underlying existence; ultimate reality.
TAO, noun. (Confucianism) The way or path to be followed.
TAO TE CHING, proper noun. The central religious text in Taoism.

Dictionary definition

TAO, noun. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
TAO, noun. The ultimate principle of the universe.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin