Taoism

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Synonyms for Taoism

a Chinese sect claiming to follow the teaching of Lao-tzu but incorporating pantheism and sorcery in addition to Taoism

religion adhering to the teaching of Lao-tzu

popular Chinese philosophical system based in teachings of Lao-tzu but characterized by a pantheism of many gods and the practices of alchemy and divination and magic

philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events

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He tread this path both through active learning and what might be called the Taoistic wu wei, literally "no action" or "non-action," or loosely rendered, "non-ado" or "action of the Tao." By the time Asian culture and thought had became more than a passing fancy for him, Merton was, through the concentrated mining of his own tradition, a master of both the active and contemplative ways of life.