Daoism and Confucianism

Both Daoism and Confucianism originated from China. Buddhism was imported from India. There is only one similarity: teaching a person to be good. Both Daoist and Buddhist belief take one toward enlightenment; while Confucianism teaches good conduct. Buddhism, Confucianism, and Daoism were destroyed and deprecated by the Chinese Communist regime during the Great Cultural Revolution.

In the Chinese Confucius' teaching, high moral human characters are valued: kindness, manner, knowledge, honesty, ...etc. Confucianism is a philosophy emphasizing in good moral characters in one's conduct toward others: from the family, to other people, and ultimately to the country. Therefore Confucius teaching is suitable from kindergartners, students in many levels: politicians, parents, workers, merchants, to empire. The study of Confucianism was required to pass written examination for government posts in many dynasties of China. Confucius attempted to convince the warlords to execute peaceful ruling over the citizens as to prevent war and killings. Confucius continued to learn to gain new knowledge, Confucius spent his life never stopping learning while he had many students and was famous.

Daoist teaching can be found in Dao Te Ching and Daoist Canon. In order to comprehend the ancient scriptures, you'll need to be an excellent Chinese scholar in Chinese literature. Or you'll need to find a high level Daoist master, who is difficult to come by.

An excerpt from the Zhuan Falun Lecture about Daoism (Taoism) :

"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."

At the beginning level of practice: "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." copied from page #105 in the same Lecture on the web

"Buddhists emphasize the Good of True, Good, Endure, in their cultivation. Cultivation of Good can develop a heart of great compassion, and once this heart of great compassion comes out you can see that all sentient beings are suffering, so you'll be filled with one wish: to save all sentient beings. But they also have True, and they also have Endure, it's just that the emphasis is on cultivating Good."

Not relating to Buddhism nor Daoism, Falun Gong is a unique Buddhist School, combining the Daoist and Buddhist practice. consisting of five sets of powerful exercises.

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