Associations to the word «Taoism»
Noun
- Confucianism
- Buddhism
- Tao
- Hinduism
- Shamanism
- Alchemy
- Yin
- Confucius
- Zen
- Buddhist
- Celestial
- Neo
- Judaism
- Religion
- Sect
- Christianity
- Immortality
- Yang
- Wei
- Protestantism
- Adherent
- Catholicism
- Chinese
- Ism
- Islam
- Mysticism
- Ming
- Hua
- Immortal
- Tajikistan
- Han
- Wu
- Tang
- Te
- Turkmenistan
- Meditation
- Huang
- Togo
- Tibetan
- Deity
- Religious
- Longevity
- Sung
- Tenet
- Ling
- Karma
- Emptiness
- Facet
- Chi
- Isabelle
- Tun
- Dynasty
- Cosmology
- Suriname
- Yoga
- Philosophy
- Scientology
- Worship
- Ritual
- Hung
- Sheng
- Tice
- Vietnamese
- China
- Talmud
- Orthodoxy
- Tanzania
- Chu
- Scripture
- Mongol
- Philo
- Belief
- Tradition
- Humanism
- Taiwan
- Spirituality
- Jehovah
- Taboo
- Shu
Wiktionary
TAOISM, noun. A Chinese mystical philosophy traditionally founded by Lao-tzu in the 6th century BCE that teaches conformity to the tao by unassertive action and simplicity.
TAOISM, noun. A religion developed from Taoist philosophy and folk and Buddhist religion and concerned with obtaining long life and good fortune often by magical means.
Dictionary definition
TAOISM, noun. A Chinese sect claiming to follow the teaching of Lao-tzu but incorporating pantheism and sorcery in addition to Taoism.
TAOISM, noun. Religion adhering to the teaching of Lao-tzu.
TAOISM, noun. Popular Chinese philosophical system based in teachings of Lao-tzu but characterized by a pantheism of many gods and the practices of alchemy and divination and magic.
TAOISM, noun. Philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events.
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.