5/11/2023 0 Comments Tao tzu![]() ![]() ![]() In the Western world e.g., the “God” might be seen as this one unique force guiding, navigating, and controlling our life but without any approach that this force or energy can be touched eventually. As he mentions, there could be parallel thoughts between the Christian Teachings when wondering what the “Tao” could be. The first – called primitive – stage is described as the one when “Lao Tzu” was born and set the basis for the future Taoism, dating his birth to the year 604 B.C., over 6 decades before Confucius came to see the light of the day. Through “The 7 Books”, the reader is introduced in “The History and Meaning of the Philosophy and Beliefs of Taoism”. In his book „Taoist Teachings“, Lionel Tyler Giles defines the Taoism from its origin until the “newer” age and gives us a comprehensible insight in the teachings of “Lao Tzu” mentioning the three stages of development at the beginning. ![]()
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