What are the central ideas of Buddhism and Taoism?

The central idea of Buddhism is the Four Noble Truths: Suffering, Setting, Destruction, and the Way. Everything in Buddhism is based on this. Buddhism Shakyamuni discovered that life is suffering, in order to achieve the realm of suffering (nirvana silence) and explored and found that suffering is caused by ignorance, greed, anger and dementia, and realized the truth of all dharmas (karmic emptiness, no self, impermanence). Karma is the philosophical support for the Four Noble Truths, the core of Buddhism. All of Shakyamuni's teachings are not separate from this.

The central idea of Taoism: In Taoism's system of thought, "Tao" is the core of faith, and "virtue" is the root of Taoism, and the two are mutually reinforcing. The unity of heaven and man is the basic realm of the cultivator, pursuing perfect harmony between man and the universe, man and nature, and man and society. Social harmony is precisely the crystallization of wisdom originating from this idea. Harmonious society is people's beautiful pursuit of a happy life and the ultimate goal of human social development.

Expanded Information:

Taoism is an indigenous Chinese religion, with the Taoism is a native Chinese religion, with "Tao" as its highest belief. Taoism in China's ancient concept of worship of ghosts and gods, to Huang, Lao Taoist thought as the theoretical basis, inherited since the Warring States period of the gods and fairy magic derivation formed.

A large number of Taoist organizations appeared at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the famous ones being Taiping Dao and Wu Dou Mi Dao. The organization was formally founded by Zhang Daoling, the ancestral master of Taoism, with a history of 1800 years. Taoism is a polytheistic cult, and the deities and immortals enshrined in Taoism are the personalized embodiment of Taoism's belief in "Tao". Taoist priests are the clergy of Taoism, and there are more than 30,000 Taoist priests living in Taoist temples nationwide.

Buddhism, which has been practiced for more than 2,500 years, was founded by Chodama Siddhartha, a prince of the ancient Indian state of Gaviara (in modern-day Nepal) (refer to Buddha's Birthday). It is widely believed in the West that Buddhism originated in India, and India is in fact trying to create an image of itself as a "holy land of Buddhism".

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Baidu Encyclopedia - Daoism

Baidu Encyclopedia - Buddhism

Baidu Encyclopedia - Buddhism