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What is Taoist, Hindu and Buddhist
metaphysics?
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TAOISM
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• By a Chinese philosophy Lao Tzu started around 500
B.C.• State religion of China during 5th and 6th centuries under the Tang dynasty.
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• Tao, pronounced ‘Dao’, can be
defined as ‘path’, or ‘road’.
• Tao-te ching – the basic Taoist teachings
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• Tao as the one thing which exists and
connects the many things.
• Tao is often described as a force that flows
through all life.
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• Tao, Nature, Reality are One.
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HINDUISM
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• Hinduism is the third largest religion in the
world• It is also the oldest known
religion in the world• Hindu religion is often
named as Sanatana Dharma
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• The word Hindu is thought to have derived from the
‘Sindu (Indus) River’.• It is used to described
‘those who dwell across the Indus
Valley.
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HINDU TRINITYBrahma
–the creator
Vishnu-the
preserver
Shiva-the
destroyer
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CASTE SYSTEM• Brahmin – intellectual and
spiritual leaders• Kshatriyas – the protectors• Vaisyas – skillful producers
of material things• Shudras – maintenance
people
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