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... Taoism , as distinguished from philosophical Taoism , as introduced into Japan from China . It was the source of many widespread Japanese folk beliefs and practices of divination and magic , some of which persist into modern times ...
... Taoism , as distinguished from philosophical Taoism , as introduced into Japan from China . It was the source of many widespread Japanese folk beliefs and practices of divination and magic , some of which persist into modern times ...
Page 482
... Taoism , sunyata ( q.v. ) in Mahāyāna Buddhism , and the En Sof in Jewish mysti- cism are pertinent examples of " emptiness , or " holy Nothing , " doctrines . Buddhism , with its basic religious ultimate of Nirvāņa ( q.v. ) , as well ...
... Taoism , sunyata ( q.v. ) in Mahāyāna Buddhism , and the En Sof in Jewish mysti- cism are pertinent examples of " emptiness , or " holy Nothing , " doctrines . Buddhism , with its basic religious ultimate of Nirvāņa ( q.v. ) , as well ...
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... Taoist - inspired popular movement that occurred near the end of China's Han dynasty ( 206 BC - AD 220 ) and greatly weakened the government . The Five Pecks of Rice move- ment became a prototype of the religiously inspired popular ...
... Taoist - inspired popular movement that occurred near the end of China's Han dynasty ( 206 BC - AD 220 ) and greatly weakened the government . The Five Pecks of Rice move- ment became a prototype of the religiously inspired popular ...
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