Interfaith Far Eastern Religions Summary

Author(s): Pravin K Shah
Publisher: JAINA Education Committee

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Taoism
-Taoism began about 2,500 years ago in China.
-Sage Lao tzu is the founder to whom Confucius describes as a dragon riding the wind and clouds.
-The Tao te Ching or Book of Reason and Virtue, is the shortest of all scriptures, containing only 5,000 words.
-Taoism is a mystical tradition, so interpretations have been diverse and its sects are many.
-Estimated at 50 million, mostly in China and other parts of Asia.