Summary: In China there are several very old kinds of worshipping: Buddhism. Confucianism and Taoism. Now we visit the oldest and most famous Taoism Temple in Beijng. The Baiyun Guan Temple, in English The White Cloud Temple, is the headquarters of the Taoists. Human model themselves on earth earth on heaven heaven on the way and the way on that which is naturally so Lao Zi"- from the Daodejing Taoism is a religion deriving from the Daodejing or "Way of Power", an obscure and mystical text compromising the teachings of the semi-mythical Lao Zi, who lived around 500 BC. Taoism is difficult to explain. Taoism emphasizes contemplation, mediation, non-committedness to dogma, and going wth the flow. It's central principle is that of Wu Wei, literally non-action, perhaps better understood as "no action which goes against nature".
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