Taoist
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- noun
- /ˈdaʊɪst/
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taoísta
- And an analogy that some Taoists use is that imagine life as like a dense, thorny forest, and in the middle of this forest is a well paved superhighway.
I was a Taoist and I always contended with the idea of becoming a monk of some kind.
- I was a Taoist and I always contended with the idea of becoming a monk of some kind.
- And an analogy that some Taoists use is that imagine life as like a dense, thorny forest, and in the middle of this forest is a well paved superhighway.
- And for for quite some time Ashley called myself a Taoist.
- And in that sense, I'm sort of a part time Taoist Expression reversal was the movement of the Dow.
- The Buddhist Taoist and then teaching a course at U of T called Buddhism and cognitive science.
Examples
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When Chingis Khan proclaimed Taoists exempt from taxation, the stipulation was that no more Taoists could be ordained.
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Carl Jung, who was a Taoist, said that the surest way to lose your soul is to believe in a God that exists outside of yourself.
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I was a Taoist and I always contended with the idea of becoming a monk of some kind.
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And I was initiated in this holy house in this Taoist sect while doing Tai chi.
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Bloated with food and wine, Sun Wu Kong stumbled towards his mansion, but in his drunken stupor, he ended up at the palace of the Taoist leader Lao Tzu.
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As a lifelong Taoist, she finds peace in nature and its cycles.
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During the festival, the Taoist performed rituals to honor the spirits.
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Many Taoists believe in the importance of balance and harmony in life.
Compounds
Three important gods in Taoism who represent the world and the path to spiritual life
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Taoist comes from the Chinese word Tao meaning 'way' or 'path', and the English ending -ist, as in artist, meaning 'a person who follows or practices something'. So a Taoist is a person who follows the 'way' of Taoism, trying to live simply and in harmony with nature.