RELIGIONS
TAOISTS
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Totality of Being
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Wu and Yu
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Wei wuwei
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Yin
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Yang
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Detailed explanation-1: -Literally wu means “there-is-not, ‘’ “to-have-not, ‘’ “the not, ‘’ “nothing, ‘’ “the empty; ‘’ yu means “there-is, ‘’-“to-have, ‘’ “to-be, ‘’ “that-which-is.” Wu is usually translated “non-being, ‘’ whereas yu is translated “being.”
Detailed explanation-2: -wuwei, (Chinese: “nonaction”; literally, “no action”) Wade-Giles romanization wu-wei, in Chinese philosophy, and particularly among the 4th-and 3rd-century-bce philosophers of early Daoism (daojia), the practice of taking no action that is not in accord with the natural course of the universe.
Detailed explanation-3: -In Taoism, attaining a state of emptiness is viewed as a state of stillness and placidity which is the “mirror of the universe” and the “pure mind". The Tao Te Ching claims that emptiness is related to the “Tao, the Great Principle, the Creator and Sustainer of everything in the universe".
Detailed explanation-4: -The important Taoist principles are inaction, simplicity and living in harmony with nature.