I have family friends that I would like to give a traditional Vietnamese gift too and I am having a hard time finding information on a traditional gift. I would appreciate any help! Thank you!
For several centuries in Vietnam, Dao Mau, or Mother Goddess worship, has been a source of strength, inspiration, and spirituality -- particularly among working-class families.
The number of people identifying as religious has been falling in the US and Europe for some time now, however, belief is still as strong as ever.
Humans don't stop believing, it's just what they believe in changes. The ideology of the Christian faith is being replaced and the new religion is political faith. Faith in ones political team. The left draw no distinction between science fact like climate change, and science fantasy like gender being fluid. To them, its all a matter of belief, and a member of the faith does not get to choose which parts of the ideology they believe in any more than a Christian decides which part of the Bible is true. On the right the same is true. So many followers believe thier saviour had the election stolen from him, but he will return to them as king shortly.
Hello sanatanis, this morning I was reading the Most important Text of the traditional Chinese religion known as Daoism, the religion focuses on understanding what it calls the "way". In Chinese , "Tao" and it's foundational Text, Tao te Ching, written by Lao Tzu, is a collection of wise sayings Gifted to a freind By Lao Tzu when he was Going to leave the capital and go on solitary Retreat in the countryside .
this religion Origanated In The 6th century BC , a century before Buddhism began and half a millennium before Buddhism got to china, Even still, we find many Similarities between the Tao te Ching and hinduism, here are just a few examples-
Karma Yoga
Tao te Ching 2
Create ,yet do not possess, Work, yet do not take credit, Work is done, then it should be forgotten. So it may last forever.
Tao te Ching chapter 9
Stretch a bow to the very full, And you will wish you had stopped in time; Temper a sword-edge to its very sharpest, And you will find it soon grows dull. When bronze and jade fill your hall. It can no longer be guarded. Wealth and place breed insolence. That brings ruin in its train. When your work is done, then do not seek To go further (I.E, do not seek reward), Such is Heaven's Way.
Sanyasa
Tao te Ching 12
The five colours blind the eye.
The five tones deafen the ear.
The five flavours dull the taste.
Racing and hunting madden the mind.
Precious things lead one astray. Therefore the sage is guided by what he feels and not by what he sees. He lets go of that and chooses this.
We find a similar passage in the geeta -
Bhagwat geeta 3:40-41
The senses, mind, and intellect are said to be breeding grounds of desire. Through them, it clouds oneβs knowledge and deludes the embodied soul.Therefore, Arjuna, in the very beginning bring the senses under control and slay this enemy called desire, which is the embodiment of sin and destroys knowledge and realization.
The primal Mother (Adi-shakti)
Tao te Ching 6
The Tao is called the primal Mother: empty yet inexhaustible, it gives birth to infinite worlds. It is always present within you. You can use it any way you want.
Tao te Ching 25
There was something formless and perfect before the universe was born. It is serene. Empty. Solitary. Unchanging. Infinite. Eternally present. It is The primal Mother of the universe. For lack of a better name, I call it the Tao.
Jnana Yoga
Tao te Ching 16
Empty yourself of everything. Let the mind rest at peace. Th
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Examples of what im thinking of would be defending marriage, waiting for marriage to have intercourse, as well as values against divorce, infidelity, etc.
Im wondering if any philosophers have reasoned their way to these values independent of religious tradition. It seems to me that philosophers have generally been the vanguards of skepticism and breaking free from traditional thinking. But i cant help but think there must be solid ethical reasons for some of these rules and taboos for them to be so ingrained in society.
For several centuries in Vietnam, Dao Mau, or Mother Goddess worship, has been a source of strength, inspiration, and spirituality -- particularly among working-class families.
For several centuries in Vietnam, Dao Mau, or Mother Goddess worship, has been a source of strength, inspiration, and spirituality -- particularly among working-class families.
For several centuries in Vietnam, Dao Mau, or Mother Goddess worship, has been a source of strength, inspiration, and spirituality -- particularly among working-class families.
For several centuries in Vietnam, Dao Mau, or Mother Goddess worship, has been a source of strength, inspiration, and spirituality -- particularly among working-class families.
