Interfaith Far Eastern Religions Summary

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

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Taoism - Goal
▪He, who has realized the Tao, has arrived at pure consciousness and sees the inner truth of everything.
▪Only one who is free of desire can apprehend the Tao, thereafter leading a life of "actionless activity.”
▪Realizing the mystical intuition of the Tao, which is the way, the undivided unity, and the ultimate Reality.
▪Both imminent and transcendent, the Tao is the natural way of all things, the nameless beginning of heaven and earth, and the Mother of all things.
▪All things depend upon the Tao, and all things return to it. Yet it lies hidden, transmitting its power and perfection to all things. ▪There is no personal God in Taoism, and thus no union with Him.
The worship is a part of the path.