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Ep. 8 – Man and Nature

Alan Watts Being in the Way

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The Tao of Nature: A Comparison of Chinese and Judeo-Christian Ideas

The principle of nature in China is called a tao./nTao is pronounced tao in the mandarin dialect, tao in the shanghai dialect, to in the cantonese dialect, take your choice./nTa means the course of nature./nTaoism is a philosophical and religious movement that developed in China in the second century BC./nTaoism emphasizes the importance of spontaneity and the flow of life./nTaoism does not place a lord or master over nature.

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