Views on Taoism?

[Klerkie]

(not sure if I should put this here or in comparative religion, but...)
For a non-Taoist, how do you view Taoism? What do you find its most unappealing aspect is? What do you like about it?

 

[Lintfelmy]

What I like about it is freedom. Freedom from the ways of the world. Don't tell anyone but I think Jesus was a Taoist...lol.

 

[fenrisx]

The tao is perhaps the sound of the universe breathing

 

[The Sum of Awe]

Well, I really can't make any clear distinctions between it and Zen, so my view on Taoism is - It's Zen looking itself in the mirror and saying "That's different somehow"

 

[Willamena]

For a non-Taoist, how do you view Taoism? What do you find its most unappealing aspect is? What do you like about it?

I don't know much about Taoism, but I have a grasp of the Tao and find little if nothing unappealing about that. It makes good sense.

 

[Shiranui117]

(not sure if I should put this here or in comparative religion, but...)
For a non-Taoist, how do you view Taoism? What do you find its most unappealing aspect is? What do you like about it?

I do like a lot of the philosophy behind it, and somehow even thought of some of its ideas before I had ever heard of it. I also LOVE how one can practice Taoism through martial arts

I'd say its most unappealing aspect to me is that I sense a lot of traditional Chinese ritual involved, as well as some appeals to the old Chinese Heavenly Bureaucracy. I suppose I'd need to do more research to be sure, though.

 

[Nooj]

(not sure if I should put this here or in comparative religion, but...)
For a non-Taoist, how do you view Taoism? What do you find its most unappealing aspect is? What do you like about it?

I don't know much about it.

 

[ChristineES]

I know only a little about Taoism- what I learned in my Philosophy class and the few books I've read. I like what I hear, mostly. Sometimes, however, we have to force things, in my opinion, so I couldn't follow it 100%.

 

[Penumbra]

(not sure if I should put this here or in comparative religion, but...)
For a non-Taoist, how do you view Taoism? What do you find its most unappealing aspect is? What do you like about it?

The Tao Te Ching was okay. It didn't really do anything for me but it was a fine read.

Like many religions, Taoism is kind of broad, and there's sort of a subtle philosophical aspect to it that some people focus on and there's also a cosmology with magical beings and immortals and things like that which other people focus on.

The philosophy appeals to me in a limited sense while the cosmology and deities are pretty lost on me.

 

[Desert Snake]

The Tao Te Ching is great, Imo

cheers

 

[Desert Snake]

The philosophy appeals to me in a limited sense while the cosmology and deities are pretty lost on me.

My version has the deities either as concepts or not referenced, it's very good