Taoism

Taoism

This seeks to highlight the rituals of some of the important institutions like marriage , child rearing , sin , war , death , and afterlife in Taoism . The will explain how Taoist follows certain beliefs , which are both mystical and spiritual in nature . The will conclude with a brief analysis of why Taoism slowly disappeared from China

Taoist practice of Yang sheng or tending life means that those who nurture the immortal embryo , the real self are mothers and should adopt a female personality . Marriage in Taoism is a part of Yang and Yin

and the joining of these male , female forces produces Tao (the way , which are one man and one woman together (Whiting , 1991 ,

.207 . In Taoism military action may be conducted against demons that have taken possession of a person 's house and body without justification . Dramatic rites with sword dances and with martial music will in the end repulse the invaders (Schipper , K .M , 1985 ,

.30 . Life and death are merely two aspects of reality , the unchanging Tao . Death is simply a transformation from being to non-being from yang to yin . Taoism teaches that humans ought to accept life and death as complementary aspects of the Tao .1In Taoism , lack of discipline leads to a loss of vital energy , which leads to illness , accident , bad luck , and the need to have divine assistance This is considered as sin and penitents in the procession is therefore designated by the expression , yu-tsui-shih , meaning sinners (Schipper , 1994 ,

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