![]() The word "Tao" ( 道) has a variety of meanings in both ancient and modern Chinese language. The bagua, a symbol commonly used to represent the Tao and its pursuit The Tao lends its name to the religious tradition and philosophical tradition that are both referred to in English with the single term Taoism.ĭescription and uses of the concept The Tao is "eternally nameless" and should be distinguished from the countless named things that are considered to be its manifestations, the reality of life before its descriptions of it. ![]() ![]() Laozi in the Tao Te Ching explains that the Tao is not a name for a thing, but the underlying natural order of the universe whose ultimate essence is difficult to circumscribe because it is non-conceptual yet evident in one's being of aliveness. ![]()
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