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Tao   /taʊ/  /daʊ/   Listen
Tao

noun
1.
An adherent of any branch of Taoism.  Synonym: Taoist.
2.
The ultimate principle of the universe.



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"Tao" Quotes from Famous Books



... paradoxes, for they were afraid of uttering half-truths. They began by talking like fools and ended by making their hearers wise. Laotse himself, with his quaint humour, says, "If people of inferior intelligence hear of the Tao, they laugh immensely. It would not be the Tao unless ...
— The Book of Tea • Kakuzo Okakura
... remain on the defensive, awaiting further German attacks. The losses on both sides are terrible. Some days yet must elapse before the final result of the great battle can be known. Meanwhile, Paris waits with patriotic confidence. Russian victories in East Prussia, the Japanese bombardment of Tsin-Tao, in Kiao-Chow, the advance of the Servians, and the increasing probability of Italy claiming eventually her "irredenta" territory, are all encouraging ...
— Paris War Days - Diary of an American • Charles Inman Barnard
... which also finds expression in the tradition that the works of Asanga were revelations made by him. Akasagarbha and the Dharmakaya are mentioned. But the inscription also speaks of heaven (t'ien) as appointing princes, and of the universal law (tao) and it contains several ...
— Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 (of 3) • Charles Eliot


Words linked to "Tao" :   disciple, principle, adherent, Daoism, Taoist


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