Throughout the history of religious Taoism, the Tao Te Ching has been used as a ritual text.
The famous opening lines of the Tao Te Ching are:
The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao.
The name that can be named is not the eternal name.
Zen is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that originated in China during the Tang dynasty, known as the Chan School, and later developed into various sub-schools and branches. From China, Chán spread south to Vietnam and became Vietnamese Thiền,…
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The key difference between the two terms is that Taoism is a religion and philosophy, whereas Zen is a method or path to attain Buddhism.
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The only Zen you find at the top of the mountain is the Zen you bring with you.
~ Zen Proverb
“The first lesson to learn is to resign oneself to the little difficulties in life, not to hit out at everything one comes up against. If one were able to manage this one would not need to cultivate great power; even one's presence would be healing. All the tragedy in the world, in the individual and in the multitude, comes from lack of harmony. And harmony is the best given by producing harmony in one's own life.”
― Hazrat Inayat Khan, Sufi teacher
Photo: Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque, (Iran)
"When you are content by simply being yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you."
~ Lao Tzu ~
"The mirror of self-love reflects not perfection, but the quiet bloom of your authentic being.
Embrace your flaws as the delicate veins on a jade leaf, adding depth and beauty to your unique shape."
~ Lao Tzu
Art: Karin Miller
"If you understand, things are just as they are... If you do not understand, things are just as they are..."
~ Zen Saying
"See simplicity in the complicated. In the Universe the difficult things are done as if they are easy." ~ Lao Tsu, Tao Te Ching
“The past is memory. The future is imagination. All that exists is now.”
When we pay attention to Nature's music, we find that everything on the Earth contributes to its harmony.
~ Hazrat Inayat Khan
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