Taoism
Taoism (Daoism) draws on texts such as the Tao Te Ching and teaches harmony with the Tao, the way of nature. It exists both as philosophy and as an organised religion with temples.
Many voices: Philosophical and religious Taoism, and many lineages, differ.
Prayers, Mantras & Chants
Traditional textTao Te Ching, chapter 8 — Like waterTaoist — classical text · Tao Te Ching 8Read the prayer
The highest excellence is like (that of) water. The excellence of water appears in its benefiting all things, and in its occupying, without striving (to the contrary), the low place which all men dislike. Hence (its way) is near to (that of) the Tao.
- Attribution:
- Attributed to Laozi
- Source:
- Tao Te Ching 8
- Version:
- English: James Legge (1891), public domain. Spanish: Lightkeepers rendering of Legge.
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