George Lucas's multi-billion dollars Star Wars franchise, now owned by the Disney Company, is going to be very popular in China, too. That's because Star Wars is basically a metaphor for Taoism. Star ...

Taoism, which takes the Tao of Laozi as its highest principle, is an indigenous traditional Chinese religion whose fundamental purpose is to help seekers attain transcendence. Taoism originates from ...

Taoism is an ancient Chinese philosophy that dates back at least 2,500 years. The word Tao literally means “way” or “path.” It is based on the idea that we can learn to align ourselves harmoniously ...

As a Taoist priest, one of my main responsibilities is the spreading of the Taoist faith and culture. Several days ago, one of my disciples told me that she had decided to formally convert her ...

Taoism, or Daoism, is the Chinese philosophical and religious system, dating from about the 4th century BC. Taoism has, along with Confucianism, shaped Chinese life for more than 2,000 years. Taoist ...

Taoism has no founder and no founding date. It grew out of various religious and philosophical traditions in ancient China, including shamanism and nature religion. Livia Kohn states that: Taoism as a ...

A conversation with the religious scholar Brook Ziporyn on Taoism, life and what might come after. Brook Anthony ZiporynCredit...Devin Oktar Yalkin for The New York Times Supported by By George Yancy ...