taoism and hinduism

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What is Taoist, Hindu and Buddhist

metaphysics?


TAOISM


• By a Chinese philosophy Lao Tzu started around 500

B.C.• State religion of China during 5th and 6th centuries under the Tang dynasty.


• Tao, pronounced ‘Dao’, can be

defined as ‘path’, or ‘road’.

• Tao-te ching – the basic Taoist teachings


• Tao as the one thing which exists and

connects the many things.

• Tao is often described as a force that flows

through all life.


• Tao, Nature, Reality are One.


HINDUISM


• 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


• 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.


HINDU TRINITYBrahma

–the creator

Vishnu-the

preserver

Shiva-the

destroyer


CASTE SYSTEM• Brahmin – intellectual and

spiritual leaders• Kshatriyas – the protectors• Vaisyas – skillful producers

of material things• Shudras – maintenance

people

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