#daoist

But so far there’s like fifty thousand dead ends and I what to cry at the amount of research I’m doing-

Update: This post seems to be getting more likes (who are we kidding, its just 4 likes) now so should I make a tag list or smthing? But I fear I will not be motivated to update like my other master list with a tag list (non religion related)

Mount Qingcheng 青城山 in Sichuan province, China.

It is considered one of the birthplaces of Taoism, and one of the most important Taoist religious sites in China. As an important site of the Taoism, it became host to many Taoist monasteries and temples, and since 2000 it has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. ☯️

Figure depicting Xiwangmu, one of the most prominent female Daoist deities

Noble has humble as its root, High has low as its foundation. Rulers and lords call themselves Poor lonely orphans. Isn't this using humility as a root?

They use many carriages But have no carriage; The do not desire to glisten like jade But drop, drop like a stone.

-- Laozi, Daodejing Chapter 39

The sage wears rough clothing And carries jade inside.

-- Laozi, Daodejing Chapter 70

Humans are born soft and weak. They die stiff and strong. The ten thousand plants and trees Are born soft and tender And die withered and sere.

The stiff and strong Are Death's companions The soft and weak Are Life's companions.

Therefore, The strongest armies do not conquer, The greatest trees are cut down.

The strong and great sink down. The soft and weak rise up.

-- Laozi, Daodejing Chapter 76

He will see no profit in money or goods, no enticement in eminence or wealth, no joy in long life, no grief in early death, no honor in affluence, and no shame in poverty.

He will not snatch the profits of a whole generation and make them his private horde; he will not lord it over the world and think he dwells in glory.

The Sage's glory is in enlightenment. This is because he knows the ten thousand things belong to one storehouse, and that life and death inhabit the same body."

Wan'an Palace (萬安宮), a cozy and old rural temple in Dehua village (德化仙境村), Fujian, dedicated to Thunder deities. Natural detail of the fairy landscape.

I resemble an infant who has not yet become a child; Lazy and idle, as though there is no place to return.

Everyone has more than enough; I alone appear as though abandoned.

I have the heart-mind of a fool— Chaotic and unpredictable.

Ordinary people are bright and clear; I alone appear dim and indistinct.

Ordinary people are inquiring and discerning; I alone appear hidden and obscure.

Like an ocean in its tranquility; Like a high wind in its endless movement.

Each person has his reasons; I alone am insolent as though unconcerned.

I alone am different from other people; I revere being fed by the mother.