What is Daoism?

[@philmcdonald6088]

you are doing the world a great service and you are an excellent teacher. may you prosper.

[@alanpaulsen6174]

Nothing like the Dow Jones.

[@smellymala3103]

Agree, the objectivity of this channel is unparalleled and I am always amazed that the information is so succinct and neatly packaged.

[@holysab7]

this is a satire channel.

[@marcrubin8844]

Dow Jones..great pun..sir..lol

[@georgelogreco8810]

Thought it was spelled with a T. Pronounced with a D.

[@hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156]

You know, we do notice your efforts with the various languages you get to pronounce on here. Skål!

[@toresanderify]

Skål?

[@jfitzmaurice7778]

@@toresanderify it's basically our term for cheers

[@mridulcmrinal9163]

I don't think so! Not with the Indian languages😂

[@midnightchannel111]

.. I prefer Wade - Giles when reading, though...

[@TsarOfRuss]

He was pronouncing the Arabic names very correct in a video i watched last week

[@Ivan-td7kb]

The concept of Wu-Wei is often misunderstood as "inaction" when its true meaning is probably "exerting a powerful impact through minimum effort." It's kinda similar to the martial art Aikido where you don't fight the enemy, you use their own momentum against them.

[@val2426]

@@PieterPeter-ud7wf perfect comment

[@Cheerschan1]

❤

[@romannadolishny2423]

I think the translation I have heard more is "non-governing" as opposed to "inaction". Which relates to a lack of an ego based origin for your actions

[@heinmolenaar6750]

No, it means an action which is not the activity of the self.

[@heinmolenaar6750]

@@stephie.m the SELF is just another word for the ego. Self and ego are the same. All action that's based on conditioning is the activity of the self. To find an action that's free from conditioning is meditation.

[@WestZ-x8d]

As Chinese,your video is really amazing.Daoism in Chinese 道德经，is simple also complicated, a lot of ancient people use whole life to practice Dao.It actually influenced the way we think. Chinese people always say "Let it be. Keep mind like nature.Do not force to do something impossible.", something like this.

[@扶摇-p1r]

其实和佛家讲的差不多，终极目标都是虚无之境衍生出物理世界。 阴阳五行都是由一点衍生出去的。

[@Mikhail.Tolstykh]

​@@扶摇-p1r with all due respect...thats just a vague platitude that is utterly meaningless

[@dairyqing]

@@Mikhail.Tolstykh you simply do not get it... unforch

[@Eleni_Rota]

@@扶摇-p1r 跟佛教区别大了去了，你看到的汉传佛教是被道教儒教严重影响了的所谓儒释道一体，南传小乘和原始佛教根本是印度教的底子，四大皆空，无我无性，涅槃寂灭，你看了印度教的经典就很容易理解。

[@Kurfuffle]

Lao-tze was just trying to get away from his overly burdensome Chinese wife!

[@21scandium42]

"Water's virtue is that it benefits all creatures, but contends with none" - A man who has clearly never been to Florida

[@jurrezwart6112]

Or Bangladesh or the Netherlands that is!

[@chendaforest]

Don't take an analogy too far...

[@FinetalPies]

I think anyone who thinks that water is fighting with them is having a bit of an ego, but I can't deny that the spirit of Florida is to self intoxicate and fight god.

[@mchparity]

Here. Read something informative, and stop taking an analogy too far. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_the_Great en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_River#Dynamics

[@BrandonS-lk2qc]

​@@chendaforest ... And sometimes it's a joke and your interjection of "wisdom" is cringe because you completely misunderstood.

[@JustMe-ob7lu]

I'm heavily impressed (as an multilinguist) by your pronouncetion skills and high level background knowledge and thematic preparation. Respect, sir!

[@Untilitpases]

Multilinguist... It's poliglot...

[@JustMe-ob7lu]

@@Untilitpases Latin multi - means "many" Lingua- means "tongue or language" Polyglot is the Greek version en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multilingualism#:~:text=Multilingualism%20is%20the%20use%20of,by%20a%20group%20of%20speakers.&text=People%20who%20speak%20several%20languages,called%20first%20language%20(L1).

[@wormwoodcocktail]

@@Untilitpases I love how you tried to be rude to someone who’s ESL and *they* taught you something

[@vertbeke7977]

Yeah

[@abhishekghosh4384]

#Eat5StarDoNothing

[@vasukinagabhushan]

Tao Te Ching is one of the greatest books in the world. 🙏

[@GeertMeertens]

Please tell me why and try to be specific.

[@Manwendlil]

@@GeertMeertens there is nothing special about this book. why even bother to read it?

[@xelayntolobas]

@@GeertMeertens because the Word "Greatest" means, in this case, that The book has given specific understanding to Vasuki. And the way of gratitude Vasuki kindly wrote "Greatest". Surely you don't have a "Greatest" book, I sincerely wish you find yours📚

[@c.a.t.732]

@@Manwendlil A book that has been translated into more languages than any other book than the Bible might bear checking out.

[@urielantoniobarcelosavenda780]

@@GeertMeertens It can't be specific when tlaking about the Tao, sorry

[@Armira12]

56 “ Those who know don’t talk, Those who talk don’t know.” Thank you 🙏🏽☺️ for this lovely video.

[@muhammadsidik5281]

so you do not know. because you talk.

[@as_the_turntables]

No one here knows

[@kelleemerson9510]

My interpretation or 2 cents worth: preachers/teachers, etc. aren't the ones with the most/highest(?) knowledge, but the quiet/meek who live the truth they've earned with dedication. They keep the good stuff. You have to work for yours.

[@waylonwraith5266]

“While her disappointed Sister looked on, / Quiet as the snow, knowing well: / Those who know don't talk / And those who talk don't know“ - mewithoutYou

[@abdulwahidburhani9245]

@@muhammadsidik5281 she was quoting what others have said

[@Lighthouse_Wisdom]

Daoism, originating from ancient China, embodies the profound philosophy of living in harmony with the Dao, or the way of nature. While its historical origins are uncertain, texts like the Dao De Jing and the Zhuangzi convey its core principles, emphasizing spontaneity, humility, and aligning with the natural flow of existence.

[@loveletter694]

I watch your videos every night and I must say that I've become addicted to them! They are so Insightful and you present them in such a calm and neutral manner that keeps my interest going. Please keep up the good work!

[@onlyitj]

It looks like the truth is inside all of us, and most of the thinkers, philosophies and religions to their core points to same concepts, I see Dao/Tao has very similar concepts as of Stoicism and Oneness in Sufism, Hinduism, Sikhism etc. This video summarizes it kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKnImKV_bppngrM

[@mozy106]

I agree. Words whatever language they come from are all ultimately abstractions. My take is that what we are all witnessing is eternal being (the mind of god) via thought, feeling and perception and these traditions help express the beauty of this mystery via their scripture, poetry, art and various practices.

[@g.j]

True. There is something change less no matter what name it takes.

[@vamsikrishna3855]

Exactly. Not sure of Sufism though.

[@garypuckettmuse]

I was just thinking the same thing -- there seem to be two basic strains: finding oneness with a "god" which is completely ineffable; we are already "that"; there is only that and everything appears within that; or everything that appears to be appearing within that is illusory. I really like the way this instructor brings out these strains in thought thought the various lectures on different 'religions" or strains thereof. Perhaps one could say it is his unconscious bias or maybe his conscious bias but as a sort of Daoist/Advaitan/Yogi/Jew (ok, that's funny) I am always reaching in my heart for this ultimate oneness. Religion is not about an old man with a long beard sitting on a throne or about the thirty two thousand personal hindu gods, so forth and so on. All the dogma and structure is originally intended to be the stairways to heaven, so to speak. Reductionist thinkers who don't know anything about religion stop with the altar and start with the mocking. Ultimately it is about truth, about union with the divine, about approaching our own higher selves. We all know, deep down, that whatever we are doing on this planet as people is some sort of masquerade, and perhaps, ultimately, it is this everyday life we live that is the ultimate mystery which can never be understood. Some think this human life is only a mechanism we are gifted with to help us reach "truth". I just had to comment because your remark rang a bell. Peace.

[@Jaryism]

Stoicism isn’t a religion

[@huangec]

What makes "dao" (or "Tao") such a perfect term is that its original meaning of "way" allows for more metaphoric extensions not only to "tradition" or "school of thought", but also "method" and "process", which could be used to refer to anything from the most complex (eg. procedures for avoiding cross-contamination) to the most mundane (eg. "how to boil an egg"). The various martial arts use the same character in their name. The "do" in "Aikido", for example," is "dao". Thus the word "dao" itself encompasses all the dualities and apparent contradictions of its own teaching: "The Dao that can be named is not the eternal Dao... ".

[@lukmankazeem2188]

incisively put!

[@maryllthemusicman1318]

as a chinese daoist i can tell you that there is really no clear line between book daoism (philosophical daoism) and religious daoism oh and at least for us religious daoism really isn't anything different from chinese folk religion. it's really one in the same. i mean you can really see that "go with the flow" attitude in our temples. usually if there aren't clergy around, there's at least a bunch of elderly who sit around relaxing, and are happy to guide any followers on the rites if they are unsure. it can get REALLY confusing. given that many daoists also worship the buddha as a deity-teacher-thing, the line with buddhism is also not very clear. it's not uncommon to see chinese go to both buddhist and daoist temples for services, where i'm from even hindu temples are open to daoists - it's not really perceived as a different religion, it's honestly something like Interpretatio Graeca all that alchemy stuff and medicine can honestly be classed as more cultural than religious, but it is in all seriousness just taken as a natural extension of daoist philosophy, albeit to a supernatural level

[@maryllthemusicman1318]

@GG GG confucius is just one philosopher out of many he's not the focus of daoism in fact, he's the opposite, confucianism's strict rule-based thought is in direct opposition with the go-with-the-flow philosophy of daoism

[@jdlc903]

I think most regular secular westerners like me took more of an interest in Eastern traditions than in Abrahamic ones.Now I'm finally learning about Abrahamic ones.But reading Daoism in my youth has probably been the most helpful school of thought for understanding my place in the universe and how to deal with life's challenges.

[@idedimi]

I agree completely, and am also only now learning about the Abrahamic religions. Very glad to have my basis in the Tao; I feel I see things clearer than I did before, and I can better find capital-T Truth hidden within the other traditions of the world

[@spasegeek9214]

I believe most secular westerners like you did not have access to over 90% of texts about taoism that exists now. In fact the mainstream face of Taoism in the west is nothing that resembles the taoism that created a very strong religion controlled government for almost 2000 years (ending in 1911).

[@nomoresunforever3695]

Do you agree that there seem to be paralels between the reaction Daoism was to confusionism and the reaction Christianity was to Judeism.

[@pimpomism]

There is a book written by Mr Toshihiko Izutsu comparing Taoism and Sufism Thank you very much for the video🙏

[@SuperStargazer666]

I have often marvelled at the beauty of Sufism🙂

[@pimpomism]

@@SuperStargazer666 Yes it's very intresting!

[@hajorm.a3474]

@@pimpomism soft islam

[@Anedoje]

@@hajorm.a3474 more like more spiritual not necessarily soft just like ig protestants aren’t necessarily soft in their dogma or history

[@Debarghaya_Mukherjee]

dude ,you guys see anyone other than anyone taking about Islam ?? islam was so good that it always create extremism world wide.

[@parchment543]

It’s a beautiful philosophy/religion :)

[@mikenogozones]

It's very chill and mellow

[@Haywood2]

It is not a religion because it does not encourage a belief in an entity. I took Taoism and Buddhism in college. It is a wonderful philosophy.

[@trneighty5941]

@@Haywood2 Western culture has this tendency to avoid calling Eastern religions, religions, in the hopes of legitimizing it in the hyper-materialistic western mindset. This is problematic, as he said earlier in the video

[@rai2423]

@@Haywood2 But it does... It encourages Belief in ‘heaven’ which was seen as the place of the divine.

[@aramkaizer7903]

@@trneighty5941 Yeah. Christianity also has a complete philosophical framework more than just biblical revelation.

[@edwardwoods3097]

I was introduced to Vedanta through this channel and since have pursued a study of the Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita and Brahma Sutras. While watching this I ordered the Tao texts you mentioned. Love this channel!

[@niravsavla1470]

May I ask what motivated you read to these texts?

[@ruatsangawhite7261]

@@niravsavla1470 becoz it's interesting

[@haqnawaz807]

Do try yo read the book of Montheostic religion Oam i.e. Quran as well.

[@janakakumara3836]

I felt that the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita share a lot in common with the Tao Te Ching. But the Tao Te Ching has a remarkable style which is unique and kind of blows your mind. I started telling people "The Brahman that can be discussed, is not the real Brahman" :) taking from the opening of the Tao, but replacing "Doa" with "Brahman"

[@DevMishra-nt3es]

​@@janakakumara3836ken upanishad makes similar claims where it discusses how Brahman is beyond speech, thought and pran but is the source of all these things.

[@drcoco2k]

¿Could you do a video on hermetics?

[@48.xdvedantgadiyar73]

'They who see action in inaction and inaction in action are indeed sages' Bhagvad gita.

[@Alexander-rg2wb]

Good comparison...And only hindu philosophy can be used as comparison or as refference because of the depth similarity...while abrahamic at that time consider 10 commandments are the ultimate teaching, asian so called "religion" has already search into mind and psycology of individual and the universe.

[@maximind5677]

@@Alexander-rg2wb Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.

[@jackychick]

Time: 5:25 : not quite. I have read a dozen prominent Chinese academics on Tao de jing in CHINESE and the common consensus in Hong Kong, Taiwan and China is that the book was written by a single person. Some of the texts were edited later when competition with Confucianism exploded in Han dynasty, but over the last few decades, the older version/original text written in bamboo was discovered. Most of the texts were identical to the common established version except for a few words. The old interpretation that the text was written by multiple authors or years after the the death of Confucius was once fashionable in the early 20th century: there were huge debates for years that descended into vicious personal attacks between some of the most prominent Chinese scholars.

[@BarHawa]

Is there anywhere I can read about this?

[@tobiasladdarn1959]

I know nothing of this until i watched this video. It sounds a lot like “following your gut”, committing to it and letting it lead you is a good way of following, finding or experiencing a shimmer of dao.

[@NYCStateOfMinD00]

You pretty much have it. Yes your gut is kind of exactly it. But most importantly, it's trying to re-teach or to give you a little enlightenment to how you, your mind, as well as others around you and the universe it self works. Once u can see in your mind eye the WAY, then you will be on a new path of being

[@JuanGarcia-tg4od]

So as I understand the dao. It’s the mother of the universe, and if I were to look up, it would be everything dark, or everything that is unseen. It Gives birth to universes. It’s bigger and older than the universe. It’s pretty quite simple, it is said to be quite simple, our minds complicate its meaning and we create way too many other interpretations. Everyone wants to be the one who can explain it. But no one really can.

[@matthewmann8969]

It is a faith of more closure, clarity, answering, and focus

[@marshalldarcy7423]

"the path is not the path" Religion is not the way. God is not a religion.

[@bigmamalovely4073]

Respects! Please share some african religions too

[@NicoLReino]

I see many similarities between the way that Chinese people approach religions and philosophy with the way that Ancient Romans did. I mainly refer to the sincretism and blurriness between all the different religions, supertitious beliefs and schools of thought. It would actually be a very interesting topic for a video. By the way, cheers for your channel. I just discovered it two days ago and I'm loving it. Keep it up! Greetings from Spain.

[@呱呱哞儿]

Thanks your . Chinese traditional culture is a great culture. But because of the Communist Party speech control and all kinds of control. These cultural heritages are in danger

[@frankhill4358]

@@呱呱哞儿the communists admitted that the cultural revolution was a mistake and now embrace their cultural roots (see the Beijing opening Olympics) If anything the danger to traditional culture are westerners looting and destroying China like what happened to the old summer palace

[@nomoresunforever3695]

It's the same in India. It's the same anywhere. The only outlier are Judeism, Christianity and Islam.

[@mdrazzad]

I thought my country's immigration system sucked.... In China you literally have to invent a new religion to cross the border. Pfft

[@Nous98]

It's fascinating that this kind of thinking pervades, or act as a basis of, all religions. Personally, I like the similar expression that appear in the Vedic concept of Ṛta. Ṛta (sometimes translated as "order") is actually come from the same root as "ṛtu" the word for 'season'. And as season come and goes without force and bring order to all being, human's action ought to behave in the same manner: without force and in alignment with nature. All of the similar explanations or expressions lead me to think that religion or life-philosophy (for a lack of a better word) stem from a common origin - whatever that is. Not sure if this might be considered as perennialism or not.

[@LetsTalkReligion]

Nice catch! That's a good comparison actually. Yes that does sound like a kind of perennialism :) Although perennialism doesn't necessarily say that they all have a common "origin" but that they are all expressions of the same absolute truth. Nothing wrong with that though. I fall into those tendencies myself sometime :)

[@wakeupandsmellthecoffee8619]

I don’t know if this is a good example, but the way I would describe the difference between Western thought and Chinese thought is: A Western fisherman finds himself in competition with a cormorant, so he kills the cormorant. A Chinese fisherman finds himself in competition with a cormorant, so he trains the cormorant to catch fish for him. To me that sums up Wu-Wei and Taoism.

[@spinningdragontao]

I'm no scholar of Daoism /Taoism but I consider myself a Daoist. Why? Simply because I live as much as possible in harmony with the world around me. I enjoyed your video and understand that your channel is entitled "let's talk religion" but I feel there is a misunderstanding. Daoism is not a religion (scholars can argue it all they like). The point being that in the East philosophies are lived, they are ways of living and, through the living ,are expressed. Man "being a bear of very little brain" ( thanks Mr AA Milne) made ritual and religion out of something he either couldn't live or didn't understand. Western philosophies love to talk in fact I met a person with a Phd in Daoism but wasn't a Daoist as it was "Too Hard". However which way scholars might carve up the text, scrolls etc of Daoism it's pretty much irrelevant unless they live their life as a Daoist because it is about the living/ life not about the written word or the ritual act. Having said that, I appreciate the channel, keep up the great work.

[@musamusashi]

Religion is a word born within the reality of the Roman Catholic Church: it applies and should be applied to that system only. Unfortunately, due to western hegemony in the past 5 centuries, it has become a de facto standard word in most western languages to refer to all spiritual practices and ways.

[@piotrczubryt1111]

@@musamusashi "Religion is a word born within the reality of the Roman Catholic Church: it applies and should be applied to that system only." Eastern Orthodox say that Orthodoxy is a way of being. Scholastic approach changed it into an academic discipline, pursued to make a career and managed by a bureaucracy.

[@chendaforest]

I'd be wary of statements like 'Daoism isn't a religion'. Depending on ones preferred definition of religion, it could certainly be classified as such.

[@feiyangchen1322]

His name Lao Tzu(老子) literally translates to the old master. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In my opinion, no. Yes, Lao(老) is old in English. but Lao Tzu's father is called Lao Zuo(老佐), so Lao is his surname. In his time, there are titles of nobility, such as Gong(公, maybe Duke in English), Hou(侯, maybe Marquess in English), Bo(伯, maybe Earl in English), Zi(子, maybe Viscount in English), Nan(男, maybe Baron in English). For a low level noble, you might not know his title, so you just call him Zi, it's acceptable and polite. For a man, whether he has a title or not, if he is a teacher or respected by you, you can also call him Zi politely. You see, the world Zi is just like the word Mr in English. In my opinion, Lao Zi literally translates to Mr Lao. BTW, His name is Lao Dan(老聃).

[@Oatmeal_Mann]

Interesting! "Mister Lao" actually could grow on me as the English version of his name.

[@RedElm747]

Mister is derived from master. Master is appropriate as a translation.

[@trimbaker1893]

thank you for your efforts. I have always had trouble reading, my brain doesnt like to listen to my eyes. It prefers to listen to my ears. I have learned most of what I know in person, through my own experience. The books and topics you take the precious time to speak so well, are much appreciated by me. Thank you truly. George.

[@gniccolai]

The opening of the book (道可道非恒道) is nowadays interpreted more like as "A road, it is. Yet it is not (like a) path (you can walk on)". The first part has the form of x可x, which was an ancient idiomatic to say "It's the real deal, it'actually the proper stuff", while 恒 refers to "fixed, predetermined, laid down" with 恒道 referring to a real, hard-drawn road connecting two ends of a travel, and 非 being the negation. So, the meaning goes in the line of: "yeah, it's a road; you can walk on it, you can follow it, but it's not a road getting you from A to B."

[@degradedecho8397]

The music in this episode is spectacular!

[@DrHouseMusic]

Agreed, I’d love to know the name of the track

[@vertbeke7977]

Yeah

[@liradorfeu]

@@DrHouseMusic All the music used in the channel is produced by Filip (Let's Talk Religion) himself :)

[@nondescriptcat5620]

my hardback copy of the complete Zhuangzi is one of my most treasured literary possessions, along with my collection of Dogen, so I felt your joy in describing it. it's just phenomenal. the painting of Confucius, Laozi, and the Buddha just chilling together as Philosophy Buddies is so wholesome.

[@theostapel]

Good stuff - powerful and refined thinking/action.

[@azlanameer4912]

Simply beautiful video. May Allah bless u a healthy, contented LONG LIFE.😍

[@azlanameer4912]

@DEFEND THE TRUTH - WITH LOVE Take care of your own soul. Let others live. Plz🙏

[@magiccitymelkite6161]

I know ancestor worship or viewing the dead as deities for lack of a better term is a common practice in what we refer to as Chinese folk religion, so I wonder if that makes it less surprising that Laozi, and others, would be worshipped as a deity by Daoists today. If the natural assumption is that the spirits of the ancestors are alive and should be shown honor, you would expect for Daoists to do so with the most important figures in Daoism.

[@LetsTalkReligion]

Good points!

[@Joxinus]

The Taiwanese folk religion (could be considered a branch of Chinese folk religion) doesn't focus on and have no interest in Laozi's philosophy, its central belief is the consistency of the incense and fire which are the symbol of the succession of ancestors and the divinity from the homeland.

[@Accomplished_Loans]

Ancestral worship, Chinese folk religion and Daoism are three distinct practices, altho they may share practicioners. Ancestral worship has a long history, it became closely integrated with Confucianism. Daosim has little to do with that.

[@gasmonkey1000]

Can you or have you done a video on Tengrism?

[@cecildenny6456]

I hope my Grandma will see me for my personal pronouns: he/she/they

[@callummccomiskie9171]

accept the flow☯️

[@blucipher83]

This has similarities to Neoplatonism

[@vegahimsa3057]

There's clearly a distinction between Laotzu and his teachings vs later established religion. He's supposedly a dude who left civilization to live simply. The religion is everything he didn't advocate.

[@k2990j]

Jesus + modern Christianity in all its forms 🤷‍♀️ you can apply a similar argument to most religions

[@Alexander-rg2wb]

@@k2990j Agreed ..just as Jesus has almost nothing to do with the church and christian...

[@idedimi]

The Tao Te Ching was instrumental in breaking my brain, dissolving my attachments to goodness and badness, rightness and wrongness; it has brought me so much peace and resilience.

[@wyomingisfake4813]

Does anyone know what the background music is?

[@piotrczubryt1111]

Sir, you are making excellent presentations. Taoism is close to my heart, so thank you! I would translate Dao not "a way", but "The Way". The way cannot be named, but if named, it becomes a parent of thousand things. We all follow the way, and yet we deviate from it. Perhaps this contradiction is what sets human beings apart from the rest of nature? Whether Lao Tzu existed factually is not so important, important is that he was so right.

[@JS-pu7nb]

Fantastic video and introduction with specific, clear information! The drawings and paintings make this video a joy to watch :)

[@stephanieparker1250]

One of my favorite books, “The Tao of Pooh”, by Benjamin Hoff. 👍

[@maroulio2067]

yes-- I have reread my copy a few times, and also like "The Te of Piglet" that Hoff wrote later.

[@ThePathOfEudaimonia]

The similar themes between Daoism and Stoicism are very interesting. I feel attracted to both these ways of life!

[@kuyab9122]

Daoism, Stoicism and Bhuddism

[@ThePathOfEudaimonia]

@@kuyab9122 Yes, agreed! Especially Zen Buddhism.

[@tecumsehcristero]

Taoism fits nicely with Eastern Orthodox Christianity

[@Dionisio97]

Oh really

[@ChateauLonLon]

I'd actually love to hear why you think that! I'm getting into religious studies :)

[@112deeps]

I find no difference in Dao or the vedanta - Advaita, or Buddha's last message.

[@arpangharami4550]

Yes cuz Truth is the truth ultimately. It just differs by language and culture.

[@112deeps]

@@devinreese7704 water is called water in english, aqua in Italian, jal in hindi, pani in other language.... Truth is what it is. We can only discover the truth with truth! However we can cover the truth with lies! As juliet said to Romeo - Oh what's in a name. Rose smells as sweet by any other name! Only poets see the truth with the eye of the eyes.

[@arpangharami4550]

@@112deeps "eyes of the eyes"... sensational representation of ur ultimate consciousness..nice dude.u r so enlightened 🙂

[@StephenS-2024]

Dao? Wow! Watching now.

[@yurirodriguez9914]

Tibetan Buddhism and Bön Religion are a bottomless topic. Waiting Let's talk about religion to decide take a dive into it.

[@LetsTalkReligion]

The bottomless pits are the most interesting places to be.

[@Ranti431]

in reality action is always without effort because the only effort is from the mind and only exist in the mind. Tao is taking all action by blowing trough the holes, the holes that are and determine the nature of things. if it is a bad nature tao maybe will still blow trought it and the sound produced will be of this nature. But all things only happen because of Tao. It is not because we identify with the action that we are causing it. inaction is stillness of mind or no identification with the content of the mind

[@tehbeng3614]

The founder of taoism is the yellow emperor.He is the supreme medium of the tiong hua people ( taoist race ) and taoist nation , tiong kok or china.Taoist civilisation started by the yellow emperor , 5000 years ago and lasted until today.

[@BigHenFor]

It's wonderful that people try to capture the air in their hands and say "I have it".

[@vantage789]

What translation of the Dao De Ching would you recommend?

[@wormwoodcocktail]

Real questions

[@ZubairKhan-vs8fe]

Thank you for such detailed well researched and well presented videos. I am learning a lot from you. This is a great service to humanity.

[@نوفاببالعلم]

What's your favourite translation of Zhuangzi?

[@王平-u4q]

道德经和庄子，还有列子等，除了是哲学之外，也是修炼的书籍。

[@نوفاببالعلم]

@王平 Yes I agree with you. The problem is that I haven't found a great English translation of Zhuangzi. Currently, I rely somewhat on Martin Palme's translation.

[@王平-u4q]

The translated version of the Tao Te Ching is translated through the translator's own understanding, and its thoughts are limited. In addition, apart from the philosophical level, the Tao Te Ching, Zhuangzi and Liezi directly point to the avenue of cultivating immortality. In a shallow way, they can achieve the unity of heaven and man, immortality, rejuvenation, and magic power... Although these are all appendages of cultivation. Sorry, all the above are translated by computer, but I still can't express exactly what I want to express. （翻译版的《道德经》是通过翻译者自己的理解翻译出来的，它的思想就受到了局限。另外，抛开哲学层面，《道德经》,《庄子》，《列子》直指修仙大道，粗浅的说，可以到达天人合一，长生不老，返老还童，神通...，虽然这些都是修行中的附属品。抱歉，以上都是电脑翻译的，还是没能把我想表达的精确表达出来。）

[@puma1304]

since I read the Tao Te King as a youngster I have been fascinated by it (as with the path of Buddha). I guess I will have to follow your advice and explore the Zhuangzi text

[@timetoreason181]

As they are the most peaceful to humanity/mankind, based on unconditional love, peace, compassion, mercy to all beings. Not a dogma based on evil carrots and punishments

[@cultureddoggo5606]

@@timetoreason181 this is just a small comment you made but i totally agree with this, there was one almost sleepless night i had where i tackled my disagreements on how god on christianity tackled its sinners and its followers and most of it i find very distasteful and cruel, so what i did is i turned my back on it and decided i will find that one form of religion that i believe is something i can totally agree with. after all they're a ton of religions out there waiting for someone to dive deep with. besides many people had believed it... why can't i?

[@vertbeke7977]

Daoism Buddhism Hinduism

[@marqpsmythe228]

About words Richard Feynman : "You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird. You'll only know about humans in different places, and what they call the bird.”

[@magicjoeblack5761]

Brilliant and deeply thought provoking stuff. Thank you for the colossal share. Love and respect to you and all the travelers who arrive and have arrived here.

[@JuanRodriguez-gj5zk]

I think it's kinda ignorant to think this is fake every religion was written for a reason. Like come on every nation writing about the same things in their own way definitely not a coincidence

[@ayserapau]

Thank you for your videos. Can you also make one on Hermeticism?

[@chendaforest]

He has...

[@leopluerodong4244]

Wow....I didn't know I was Daoist! I've been thinking ab these things for a very long time.

[@X_Baron]

Explanations like this often overlook the surprisingly heavy political emphasis in Dao De Jing. It really hammers in the idea of a small isolationist state that keeps its population rural and ignorant. This is a reason to believe the author (of those sections) was indeed a disillusioned courtier. For me, it's also a reason to examine different aspects of the Daoist system of thought more critically.

[@george221999]

Wu wei is an ant-iintellectual term of art

[@Over-Boy42]

Good to know. Thank you for bringing that perspective to light.

[@李言-o4e]

​@@george221999在中国，无为发展到禅宗就解决它内部的矛盾。

[@bxbank]

Religions battle with each other when the meaning of the religion is lost. Hence the fighting between Hindu and Dao, Shinto, and the like. The objective is power, not empowerment. once that takes hold, it's all over. It's amazing humanity can't see this, and wake up.

[@jamesharoldbardwell2182]

Came across this video in a daoism Facebook group. Personally, i felt it was really good introduction to Daoism.. I'd love to see you expand upon certain elements... Perhaps the Nei - yeh.

[@LetsTalkReligion]

Thanks! :) Yes I'll probably do more videos on the subject

[@sebastianestrada9973]

CAN SOMEONE PLS TELL ME WHAT TYPE OF MUSIC IS IN THE BACKROUND??? I wanna meditate to it

[@reneemoreno8030]

Incredible book of knowledge...changed my way of "being" unbelievably it has been my way of "being" before I studied world philosophy and religions.I believe it's the true path to peace within our souls.

[@djcarey1206]

You must be a infj personality type!?

[@Quimper111]

"what is Daoism?" - It's what you get if you spell Taoism incorrectly and believe it's spelled the same way it's pronounced.

[@iuliaforje7175]

Thinking of the concept of wuwei... Could it be related to submission in Islam or equanimity?

[@LetsTalkReligion]

Why not! There are books that explore the similarities between Daoism and Islam. For example "Sufism and Taoism" by Izutsu.

[@saqibsheikh2790]

I love that book.

[@oceanmachine1906]

There is definitely a relation between Wu Wei and Islam in it's practical application. Though the concept of Islam is a lot more vast than just Wu Wei, Islam is also an ontolpgically universal concept (as well as individual one) - as the Qur'an mentions many times, everything that exists and ever will exist is in prostration to God both by their will and by their ignorance and even against their will, it fundamentally goes back to the name of God "as-Samad" and all it ontologically entails. In one's conscious admission of Islam (submission) we give all back to our source (God) and therefore as the Qur'an says "with hardship comes ease" (Surah 94:5-6) and Kun Fayakun (Be, and it is).

[@emma.stallings]

“Briefly wrote down 8,000 Chinese characters”

[@prasanthmovva]

A very nice introduction, which we see similarity in its content when compared to Advaita (non dualism), work without attachment (from Sri bagavath Geetaji) of sanathan dharmam.

[@luiginoto3352]

You fail to mention the I Ching and the Hua Hu Ching. You mention the "Yin and Yang symbol", which is the western name for it, more of a desription, really, where its actual name is Tai Chi, from which comes the Martial Art Tai Chi Chuan, which implies a tight connection bewteen Taoism and Martial Arts, including Qi Gong, which you totally fail to see. Taoism also plays a crucial role in TCM. Lasly, cricizing Buddhism for not being entirely peaceful is ridiculous, when Western religions have been at bloody war for thousands of years.

[@NYCStateOfMinD00]

You very versed in eastern culture. Hey, I've tried reading I Ching a couple of times but I can't seem to get a good understanding of it. And I cannot find books to help me understand it. Can you briefly explain it a little? It seems that they have discovered meaning in numbers? Or meaning in randomness? Yes? No?

[@katdroidd]

I was told that the Taoist pantheon of gods was added due to a sense of competition with the other two religions. There is definitely a sense of humor in the stories about the Taoist gods.

[@LamiNalchor]

I love your understanding. Not many people can have such insight.

[@Aliocha31]

Fascinating. I like the stories of the Eight Immortals.

[@lifeguylifeworld]

what's the background music?

[@marcrubin8844]

Another outstanding video , very concise and informative. Chinses philosophy/religion can be quite confusing for Westerners, you sir have a talent of explaining difficult concepts to the laity.

[@mynthecooldude]

24:01 shaolin vs wutang.

[@moosemuffins2191]

Kung fu cult master

[@mynthecooldude]

@@moosemuffins2191 Still looking for a restored remastered version.

[@byurBUDdy]

When he said that a feather represented The Dao, I thought of the start of Forrest Gump.

[@custer2449]

the number one thing that I hate about Chinese medicine is the use of ground up tigers which is supposed to help Chinese men get it up. Pfizer could save the tiger. but nooooooooooo Filip, you are great man. Thank you for your videos.

[@سلمانقتل]

👍 good video

[@lindajustacrochetsister4659]

I congratulations you on your wonderful knowledge of the subject just amazing for someone so young. I am a old 76 year old woman and still have many questions and always looking for more understanding

[@706easy]

How is the wind described here any different from the wind in Rumi's reed-flute?

[@pinakichakraborty4495]

एकम सत विप्रा बहुधा वदन्ति ---- the one truth is expressed by various teachers in various manners.

[@MrDanamiel]

for someone who read chinese text, I need to say this. Philosophical Daoism is the first text during the time. Religious Daoism comes after a few decade and is a combination of all the practices during the time, including buddism. It just take the "knowledge" that contains in Philosophical Daoism but it is not Philosophical Daoism.

[@tecumsehcristero]

In the beginning was the Tao and the Tao was with god and the Tao was god. Is how the Eastern Orthodox monks described John1:1 to me.

[@danshakuimo]

I remembered that from my Chinese church and looked it up on the internet and that is exactly what the google translate translates it to.

[@myleshagar9722]

It is the same idea as the Greek "Logos" in John 1:1 and is translated as such in the Chinese Bible.

[@kuroazrem5376]

Great video on a fascinating subject, congratulations! Daoism to me is trully the Way all creatures should follow.

[@georgiapeach6289]

As a disillusioned western Christian listening to this, my honest response is "WTF?!" But......I'm trying to have an open mind. Life, it is a crazy ride!😫🤣☯️✝️

[@ap6480]

What

[@topixfromthetropix1674]

I lived in Qing Dao, China several years. Shandong Province was the birthplace of both Lao Tzu and Confucius. The landscape is dotted with Dao meditation shrines.There seems to be a Catch 22 element to Chinese philosophy. There seems to be a view similar to the Doctrine of many Ways found in the middle East. It is possible Lao Tzu was more real than General Tso, or his alleged chicken.

[@internet_internet]

What was life like there?

[@NYCStateOfMinD00]

What WAYS in the middle east are you referring me? Did you mean Pakistan and India? Because the Middle East is mostly Abrahamic religions, mostly bring Muslims

[@_guajira_x]

Not useful.... Communism is a type or Dao? 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@carlmorrison9789]

Waiting for"Journey to the West"!

[@azwaryusoff662]

It is Zen. Dao is not a philosophy but rather a Spiritual practice.

[@知-k3q]

Zen is Taoism in Buddhism ~

[@stephentaylforth4731]

A "religion" that doesn't do dogmatism is OK in my book

[@stackoverflow8260]

Confuscianism sounds like Vedic religion and Daoism sounds like Shramana religions.

[@kalyanamitra2048]

This is such a wonderful and lucid introduction - very well done indeed! One little correction though, mainly related to the image selected for the way of the Celestial Masters (or Zhengyi Orthodox Unity school) - the image at 20:35 is of the seven perfected Masters of the Quanzhen lineage (or Complete Reality School) being taught by Wang Chongyang.

[@cecildenny6456]

I would have liked to have doraemon and be with my family at Christmas time.

[@halodude7239]

Its literally the force.

[@riciarites5065]

In the Zone grin

[@garypuckettmuse]

I had to stop in the middle to say the *images are stunning*! Some of them literally stop my mind and they are so evocative of the topic, of course. But there are millions of images out there and whoever does the artwork and graphics always does a great job but this is wowza!!!

[@Aaron-bd9sj]

You should check out the book, "Greek Buddha", it goes into evidence for how Lao Tzu and the Buddha were the same. Everything from etymology, to Philosophy, to anthropology, etc. Pretty fascinating.

[@stephenbouchelle7706]

Jason Reza Jorjani has a very different, and I think dubious, view on Lao Tse. I wonder if there is any more speculation on his Persia-centric view. Also wondering if you recommend a particular translation of the the Dao De Jing and the Zhuangzi. There are so many.