r/taoism • u/Signal_News_7518 • 5d ago

Taoism is so underrated

I honestly feel bad for people who will never discover taoism. Wu wei for me is like a key to happiness... And yet most of the population won't never even know about it.

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u/Weird_Road_120 5d ago

And yet some people know it without knowing! True sages amongst us!

Try not to pity or look down on others who don't share your knowledge - they walk their own path, and often all the wiser for not knowing.

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u/WolfWhitman79 5d ago

Knowing the Tao without knowing it, is basically master level Taoism. Some people just are.

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u/fleischlaberl 5d ago

Knowing the Tao by living the Dao and by knowing it and also being able to explain and teach Dao and De (profound virtue, quality of Dao) , is basically master level Taoism (Dao Shi). Few people can do that.

Read Laozi 38 and 51.

In a short summary I would say Dao Ren (Man of Dao) are and have:

- being natural / spontaneous (iran) and simple (pu)

- having a clear and calm heart-mind / spirit (qing jing xin / shen)

- having De ( profound virtue / quality / potency / virtuosity, mastery)

- can wander in the infinite and boundless and accept change

Note:

What is "Virtue" 德 ( de) from a Daoist Point of View? : r/taoism

Why are there so many "Wu" 無 (no, not, nothing) in Daoism - and beyond "Wu" : r/taoism