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Taoism
Taoism also known as Dowism or Daoism, which is a religion, practiced in the Asia. Taoism is more of the suppressed religions because of the obscurity about what people think of Taoism. Taoism has an interesting background, there are many sacred text, and there own unique basic beliefs and rituals. Included in Taoism are many sects as well. There are also effects on society that Taoism brings to the past and present. ... Taoism was developed in China. ... Unlike most religions Taoism does not worship a god. ... I Chang, book of changes, is written oracles associated with 64 abstract figures, an important text to Taoism. ... Where as Confucianism urged the individual to conform to the standards of an ideal social system, Taoism maintained that the individual should ignore the Dictates of society and seek only to conform with the underlying pattern of the universe, The Tao meaning "Way", which can neither be described in words nor conceived in Thought. ... There is considerable evidence that this religious Taoism came to take on many Tantric elements in which the worship of ying-yang takes on a distinctively sexual and erotic form. ... The closest lasting action in Taoism to rituals is the idea Daoist Temple in the Philippines of wu-hsing. ...
Among the religion Taoism, There are the sects inside Taoism. ... Taoism currently has about 20 million followers and is primarily centered in Taiwan. ... During the period of Japanese occupation (1895-1945), the Japanese colonial government implemented a policy of suppressing Taoism in Taiwan, because it was associated with Chinese patriotism. ... Taoism has influenced people around the world. ... The effects of Taoism can be seen in American culture in various holistic approaches to medicine such as acupuncture and herbalism, certain exercises and martial arts such as Tai-chi, and other art forms such as Feng-Shui.
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