anybody have any good sites or good information about the philosoophy from Zhaun Falun?
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Dear One,\n\nHere are some places you can start off with:\n\nMeditation technics (Either TM or The No Seed Meditation)\n\nReiki (Energy Therapy)\n\nAfter you start with any of the aforementioned you can start a vast study of religions although you might get in touch with them even before you start your research.\n\nFor more information you can write to me at my e-mail addr.
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Wow... That's like a zen koan... I'll be up all night perusing that one. Well done!
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ignore the first answer. in the link it has more information about their philosophies, history, etc.\n\nTaoism (sometimes written as and actually pronounced as Daoism(dow-ism)) is the English name for:\n\nDao Jia [philosophical tao]philosophical school based on the texts the Tao Te Ching (ascribed to Laozi [Lao Tzu] and alternately spelled Dào Dé Jīng) and the Zhuangzi; \na family of organized Chinese religious movements such as the Zhengyi ("Orthodoxy") or Quanzhen ("complete reality") sects, which collectively trace back to Zhang Daoling in the late Han Dynasty; \na Chinese folk religion. \n \nThe Chinese character Tào or Dào ("Way").The English word "Taoism" is used to translate the Chinese terms Daojiao (道教 "teachings/religion of the Dao") and Daojia (道家 "school of the Dao"). The character Tao 道 (or Dao, depending on the romanisation scheme) means "path" or "way", but in Chinese religion and philosophy it has taken on more abstract meanings. The compound Daojiao refers to Daoism as a religion; Daojia refers to the activity of scholars in their studies. It must be noted that this distinction is itself controversial and fraught with hermeneutic difficulty.\n\nMuch uncertainty exists over the meaning of "Taoism," not least because of its often being confused with such seemingly similar disciplines such as Zen. In some countries and contexts (for example, the "Taoism" organisations of China and Taiwan), the label is applied to Chinese folk religion, which would otherwise not have a readily recognisable English name. However many, if not most, of its practitioners would not recognise "Taoism" (in any language) as the name of their religion. Moreover, the several forms of what we might call "elite" or "organised" Taoism often distinguish their ritual activities from those of the folk religion, which some professional "Taoists" (Daoshi) tend to view as debased.\n\nChinese alchemy, astrology, cuisine, several Chinese martial arts, Chinese traditional medicine, fengshui, and many styles of qigong breath training disciplines have some relationship with Taoism.
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wikipedia is a great place to look up any Information I hope this helps you good luck for the search of truth and enlightenment
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I asked a similar question a few weeks ago and really got very little feedback. Chech out my Q&A.\nbut as far as I know it is a peaceful practice, based on meditation and universal peace...which makes the whole question all the more bizarre!!!!\ngoogle for more info.\nThe Chinese government is communist therefor information is tightly restricted!!\nWithin China the Fulon Gong support has grown to outnumber the support offered the Communist party., Thus threatening the strength of the party.\nApparantly the attacks on Fulon Gong members are horrific.\nThere was a report in a recent news paper about Labor?/rehabilitation camps in China, where Fulon Gong and other "Prisoners of Conscience" were being held for short periods of time and then used for the harvesting of organs, for commercial use. The apparant profit of which goes in part to the government.. the called it in the article "factory of spare parts"!!!!! I will try to find the article and send you on details if you areinterested.\nI was sick to my stomach when i read this!\nTrying to find information over the web is very difficult!! the only thing i can suggest is to find local organisations in your area! You will be amazed by what you discover through them.\nThe Boston Information number is (978) 994 4234\nAlso you could join Amnesty international...and even though there is not much info available there either...by posing questions you can show your support for publicising and addressing the situation in China more thoroughly.\nP.s. I am also just an everyday person who having read a very disturbing article tried to follow up on the onfo and see what i could find out.
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Quote from Wikipedia:\n\nAlthough we do not have direct access to Confucius' beliefs, we can sketch out Confucius' ideas from the fragments that remain. Confucius (551–479 BCE) was a man of letters who worried about the troubled times he lived in. He went from place to place trying to spread his political ideas and influence to the many kings contending for supremacy in China. He was greatly concerned with how successful societies should work, how rulers should rule and how relationships should be maintained.\n\nMore on the website source listed.
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http://www.religioustolerance.org/falungong.htm\n\n Falun gong and falun dafa is a largely spiritual movement that incorporates:\n\n Buddhist principles, \n Taoist principles,  \n Qigong: body, mind and physical exercise, and  \n Healing techniques.  \n\nHowever, the Falun Dafa is taught as more than this; it is seen a way of life. 1  \n\nThe movement has experienced horrendous levels of persecution in China. Chinese government is against any form of religion they believe in themselves as gods...or taoism
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www.advaita-vedanta.org. This is the best site I know for studying about Vedanta.
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The Dancing Wu Li Masters by Gary Zukav (pub. 1980) is a popular new age book written on quantum physics interpretations. The subject is described in non-mathematical terms to enable the widest possible readership to grasp the trends in physics research and theory current as of the mid-1970s.\n\nThe phrase Wu Li in the title refers to one possible Chinese translation of the word "physics", as translated by the Tai Chi teacher Al Huang. The chapters of the book are each titled with other alternative translations of Wu Li, such as "Nonsense" and "I Clutch My Principles".\n\nThe author participated in a physics conference of eastern and western scientists at Esalen Institute, California, in 1976 and used the occasion as material for his book. The physicist Jack Sarfatti contributed greatly to the content of the book, as well as the Tai Chi teacher and author Al Huang.\n\nThe book came out in 1980, before many of the recent developments in String Theory, so it should not be considered as up-to-date with respect to physics, although it remains interesting with respect to the philosophical commonality between western science and eastern mysticism.
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Taoism is about Balance Yin and Yang. I have the tao te ching the te of piglet but even books dont exactly cover it......\n\n\n    * "Be still like a mountain and flow like a great river." Lao Tse\n    * "Different Chinese philosophers, writing probably in 5-4 centuries B.C., presented some major ideas and a way of life that are nowadays known under the name of Taoism, the way of correspondence between man and the tendency or the course of natural world." Alan Watts, from his book: "Tao: The Watercourse Way."\n    * "We believe in the formless and eternal Tao, and we recognize all personified deities as being mere human constructs. We reject hatred, intolerance, and unnecessary violence, and embrace harmony, love and learning, as we are taught by Nature. We place our trust and our lives in the Tao, that we may live in peace and balance with the Universe, both in this mortal life and beyond." Creed of the Western Reform Taoist Congregation 1\n\nHistory of Taoism:\n\nTao (pronounced "Dow") can be roughly translated into English as path, or the way. It is basically indefinable. It has to be experienced. It "refers to a power which envelops, surrounds and flows through all things, living and non-living. The Tao regulates natural processes and nourishes balance in the Universe. It embodies the harmony of opposites (i.e. there would be no love without hate, no light without dark, no male without female.)" 2 \n\nThe founder of Taoism is believed by many to be Lao-Tse (604-531 BCE), a contemporary of Confucius. (Alternative spellings: Lao Tze, Lao Tsu, Lao Tzu, Laozi, Laotze, etc.). He was searching for a way that would avoid the constant feudal warfare and other conflicts that disrupted society during his lifetime. The result was his book: Tao-te-Ching (a.k.a. Daodejing). Others believe that he is a mythical character. \n\nTaoism started as a combination of psychology and philosophy but evolved into a religious faith in 440 CE when it was adopted as a state religion. At that time Lao-Tse became popularly venerated as a deity. Taoism, along with Buddhism and Confucianism, became one of the three great religions of China. With the end of the Ch'ing Dynasty in 1911, state support for Taoism ended. Much of the Taoist heritage was destroyed during the next period of warlordism. After the Communist victory in 1949, religious freedom was severely restricted. "The new government put monks to manual labor, confiscated temples, and plundered treasures. Several million monks were reduced to fewer than 50,000" by 1960. 3 During the cultural revolution in China from 1966 to 1976, much of the remaining Taoist heritage was destroyed. Some religious tolerance has been restored under Deng Xiao-ping from 1982 to the present time. \n\nTaoism currently has about 20 million followers, and is primarily centered in Taiwan. About 30,000 Taoists live in North America; 1,720 in Canada (1991 census). Taoism has had a significant impact on North American culture in areas of "acupuncture, herbalism, holistic medicine, meditation and martial arts..." 3
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Try this:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soong_May-ling
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Taoism (what you call "Daoism", though the pronounciation is the same) in its purest form is a philosophy of life.  One of its central ideas is Yin/Yang, the idea that everything in life has an opposite (hot/cold, light/dark, etc).  Another is Wei Wu Wei--literally "doing without doing".  This is the idea that one should flow with life rather than against it.  By so doing, all things are finished seemingly without effort.\n\nBuddhists believe in enlightenment.  Zen is a form of Buddhism which incorporates some ideas from Taoism.  One of its beliefs is that man cannot by logical thinking understand the nature of reality.  Only by giving up your desires and attachment to your beliefs can you reach this understanding, which is enlightenment.\n\nHinduism I know less about, but I read once that although is seems as though Hinduists believe in many gods, really they are all reflections of the one god, like light separating in a prism.\n\nConfucianism I know the least about, but I understand that Confucius was a very logical fellow who set down a large number of rules for how one should live one's life.\n\nThis doesn't do them justice by a long shot, but it's a decent start.  Hope that helps.
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Lao Tsu's book is more about life on a day-to-day basis.  Like Buddhism, a religion was made out of him.  It is an interesting, and very short, book (The Tao-te-Ching) and somewhat difficult to read if you're not in the right frame of mind, so to speak.  \n\nI imagine Lao Tsu existed, but there is no proof (like a lot of other religion founders) and he was more a philosopher than a religious leader.  I would go with a more spiritual immortality, based on the Tao-te-Ching, but it is difficult to tell.
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Rosemary's links are good, and THIS is the best one:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosticism
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Here's a website with a few... http://rescomp.stanford.edu/~cheshire/EinsteinQuotes.html
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Here is a link.......\n\n\nhttp://radicalacademy.com/philmarx.htm
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http://www.masterpath.org/\n\nhttp://www.masterpath.org/sriGaryOlsen/\n\ni skimmed it, and it seems to be one of those new-age-let's-combine-some-of-the-more-"occulty"-practices-and-philosophies-with-christianity-somehow thangs.\n\ni did a brief search to generate the two sites.  read 'em and see what y'think.