The first level: Entering the Tao
The second level: Seeking the Tao
The third level: Asking questions
The fourth level: Learning the Tao
The fifth level: Enlightenment
The sixth level: Touching the Tao
The seventh level: Cultivating the Tao
The eighth level: Gaining Tao
The ninth level: Forgetting the Tao
The tenth level: Giving up the Tao?
The eleventh level: Enlightenment
The tenth level Second level: Alchemy
Thirteenth level: Humanity
Fourteenth level: Immortal way
Fifteenth level: Earthly way
Level 16: The Way of Heaven
Ancient Taoism is a school of thought that dates back to ancient times. Taoists use "Tao" to explore the relationship between nature, society, and life. Taoism advocates that Tao follows nature, governs by doing nothing, and lives in harmony with nature; Taoist thought is omnipotent and eternal, with dialectical elements and atheistic tendencies.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, Laozi gathered the great wisdom of ancient sages and sages, summarized the essence of ancient Taoist thought, and formed a complete system theory of Taoism, marking the formal formation of Taoist thought. Its doctrine takes "Tao" as the highest philosophical category and believes that "Tao" is the highest truth of the world, "Tao" is the origin of all things in the universe, and "Tao" is the basis for the survival of all things in the universe.
Taoist representatives include Pangu, Fuxi, Guangchengzi, Huangdi, Yandi, Jiang Ziya, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Liezi, Guiguzi, Zhang Liang, Zhang Daoling, Sima Hui, Zhuge Liang, Ran Min, Xu Maogong, Liu Bowen, Yan Zhenqing , Wang Xizhi, Zhang Sanfeng and other heroes.
Taoism is the only native religion in China. Taoism originated from the Yellow Emperor, was developed by Laozi, and carried forward by Zhang Daoling. It has had a profound impact on Chinese philosophy, literature, science and technology, art, music, health, religion, calligraphy, fine arts, sports, history, commerce, military, etc.
In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty and the early Tang Dynasty, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty, and Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty all governed the country with Taoist ideas, allowing the people to recuperate and recuperate from the harsh rule of the previous dynasty and become the most powerful. dynasty. History calls it the rule of Wenjing, the rule of Zhenguan, the prosperous age of Kaiyuan, the prosperous rule of Renzong, and the rule of Hongwu.
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The ten magical powers of Taoism:
1. Be good at understanding other people’s mental powers. In order to understand his mind, he knows that the hearts of all living beings in the three thousand worlds are the same, just like one world. Even in the hundreds and thousands of billions of nayuta worlds, the hearts of all sentient beings can distinguish and understand it.
2. Unimpeded pure divine eyes, wisdom and supernatural powers. Because of the unobstructed pure celestial eyes, wisdom and supernatural powers, the so-called infinite sentient beings in all the worlds in the ten directions, death here and there, good and bad destinations, blessings and sins, all can be clearly seen.
3. Live with wisdom and magical powers. In order to gain the wisdom and spiritual power of staying and reciting thoughts, in the past, it was unspeakable and inexplicable that the matter of staying in a mote of dust for several kalpas was said to be born in a certain place, with such a name, such a surname, such a race, eating, drinking, suffering and happiness, all from the beginning, and in all existence. Among them, the cycle of reincarnation and rebirth is fully understood.
4. The wisdom and supernatural power of knowing all the future tribulations. Because he has the wisdom and supernatural power to understand the future, he can understand the unspeakable future and the unspeakable things that will last for a few kalpas.
5. Unimpeded pure divine ears, wisdom and supernatural powers. Because of the unobstructed wisdom and supernatural power of the heavenly ears, in all territories and all sounds, you can hear them freely regardless of desire.
6. Incorporeal wisdom and supernatural powers. Because of the incorporeal wisdom and spiritual power, he can travel to all lands in the ten directions without moving from his own realm, benefiting all living beings.
7. Good at separating all sentient beings with their speech, sound, wisdom and supernatural powers. Because of the wisdom of the sound of speech, one can understand the indescribable and the speech of all sentient beings in the world as many as the motes of dust in the indescribable ocean.
8. Birth of immeasurable color, body, wisdom and supernatural powers. Because of the acquisition of form, body, wisdom and supernatural power, it can manifest the infinite and wonderful color body, and make the person it transforms intimately and enlightened.
9. All Dharma, wisdom and supernatural powers. In order to gain wisdom and understanding of the Dharma, he is good at speaking the Dharma without hindrance, spreading Dharma clouds, pouring down Dharma rain, and using many wonderful sounds to enlighten enlightenment and achieve pure liberation.
10. Entering all dharma and annihilating all wisdom and supernatural powers. Because of the wisdom and wisdom of cessation, one can abide in samadhi and be samadhi, and the physical body can appear everywhere, like light and shadow, and everything can appear, and in samadhi, it can be still and motionless.