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Comparative Religion: Taoism, the Way of Flow

This month's Adult RE class was held at the Unitarian Church of Los Alamos on Sunday, May 26, 2024. The topic is Taoism, the Way of Flow. In this lecture we discuss Taoism (or Daoism) in contrast to Confucianism which we covered last month. While Confucians say that to be a whole and complete human, we should become a rú or scholar, through education, Taoists say that we have to unlearn all the artificial social aspects we have been taught in society so that we can return to our natural state like we were when we were young, thus becoming a Zhenren or "sage". These two philosophies are in many ways opposites, but many ascribe to both. We tell the story of Laozi, and discuss important Taoist texts such as the Tao De Ching and the Zhuangzi, and important concepts such as they Tao/Dao, Ch/Qi, and Wu wei. We also discuss techniques of self cultivation such as Inner and Outer Alchemy, Tai Chin, Qigong, Meditation, and various Sexual practices. We also discuss the two main organized sects of Taoism today, Tianshi dao (Way of the Celestial Masters Orthodox Unity Daoism) and Quanzhen dao (Complete Reality or Complete Perfection). For more information I recommend: Religion For Breakfast's playlist on Daoism:    • Daoism Series   Stephen Prothero "God is Not One, The Eight Rival Religions that Run the World - And Why Their Differences Matter" https://a.co/d/jfk9WVb Mark Berkson, "Cultural Literacy for Religion: Everything the Well-Educated Person Should Know", by the Great Courses Series: https://a.co/d/28httag More links to additional resources are available on the course web page. Course web pages for Biblical Scholarship and Literacy, as well as for Comparative Religion are available online at the following links: https://sites.google.com/view/compara...