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Old 11-02-2009, 04:41 PM
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Default holidays/rituals of Taoism?

what are the holidays/rituals of Taoism?
Name them please?
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Old 11-04-2009, 04:41 PM
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None, that is one of the reasons that I love this belief system.
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Old 11-05-2009, 04:41 PM
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There are many people who are Taoist that do not participate in any rituals. In china most adopt the traditional Chinese rituals.

Here is a website with some of the festivals.
http://www.qi-energy.com/taoistreligion.htm
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Old 11-08-2009, 04:41 PM
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Everyday.
rituals such as practicing mindfulness.
add me at Taoworldactivist@yahoo.com
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Old 11-09-2009, 04:41 PM
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There's a lot of information about Taoist holidays and rituals at Taoism.about.com. I provided a link below. I hope this helps!
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Old 11-12-2009, 04:41 PM
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The most common things a Daoist does regularly includes:
* meditation as described in the Daoist method
* reading the Daoist scripture
* doing things as a Daoist as described in the Daoist scripture.
There are no holidays, but some may celebrate the birthday of ones master.

In many beginner Daoists, they are somewhat similar to the wizards of the Western world. On page #105 in the Zhuan Falun Lecture on the web, the beginner Daoists practice is described. "In the Daoist small worldly paths they don?t cultivate longevity. What they do is all about fortune-telling, feng shui reading, exorcising evil, and healing people, and most small worldly paths use sorcery." Some also practice martial arts. However, only very good Daoist can attain and advance to higher realm.

If you're interested in how to attain high level, learn about the Daoist practice from the online lecture:
http://www.falundafa.org/book/eng/pdf/zfl_new.pdf

An excerpt from the Zhuan Falun Lecture about its Daoist practice :
"Daoists cultivate True, Good, Endure with an emphasis on being True. That?s why Daoists strive to, ?cultivate truth and nourish inborn nature, say true words, do true things, be a truthful person, return to your original, true self, and ultimately cultivate into a True Person.? But they also have Endure, and they also have Good, it?s just that the emphasis is on cultivating the True part."

Not relating to Buddhism nor Daoism, Falun Gong is a unique School, combining the Daoist and Buddhist belief, teaching an ancient qigong practice for the body, mind, and spirit based upon the universal principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Tolerance. Falun Gong consists of five sets of powerful exercises.

Falun Gong, Tibetans, other Buddhists, and Christians have been persecuted in China. The most offensive human right violation is the organ harvesting from the Falun Gong practitioners in China.

Can you kindly sign a petition to stop persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China, please ?
http://cipfg.org/en/news/petition.html
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Old 11-13-2009, 04:41 PM
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hey i am doing the same project at my school! if that's why you are wondering. um.. i guess Tao chi! [if i splat that right] and it focuses on relieving the mind and finding balance within and harmony with the Dao [the way]
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