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Podcast: Beer and Conversation with Pigweed and Crowhill
Episode: 287: Daoism and the Tao Te Ching
Description: With special guest Longinus, the boys drink and review a smoked maple porter from Flying Dog Brewery, then discuss Daoism and the Tao Te Ching.Â
Longinus starts with a general introduction to Daoism, looking at it from three perspectives: as a philosophy, as a New Age, self-help system, and as a religion.Â
Daoism competed with Confucianism in China and was often repressed by the Chinese government.Â
Daoism is both practical and mystical, and often frustratingly vague. It can be approached from several different perspectives.Â
The Tao Te Ching, allegedly by Lao Tzu...