TAO

n. source and guiding principle of all reality, ultimate universal principle (Chinese Philosophy)

Tao or Dao (道, Pinyin: Dào, Cantonese: Dou) is a Chinese character often translated as ‘The way of nature'. In ancient China, dao could be modified by other nouns. Tao is simply the way and order of the universe.Lao Tsu taught that the wisest approach was a way of ‘non-action’ ("Wuwei"or "wu wei") – not inaction but rather a harmonisation of one’s personal will with the natural harmony and justice of Nature. ‘The World is ruled by letting things take their natural course. It cannot be ruled by going against nature or arrogance.’ (Tao Te Ching; Verse 48). It also means that the individual should do things natural to tao and appropriate to do in his circumstances, thus serving as an instrument of the Law rather than doing the things as individuals. That is why no one should take any credit for things done. Nature is stabilized by order, and humans along with all other natural phenomena exist within nature. Attempting to force one's own path is arrogant, futile and self-destructive.
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Tao or TAO may refer to:Tao, a Chinese character that was of pivotal meaning in ancient Chinese philosophy and religionTao Te Ching, an ancient Chinese philosophical textTaoism, a philosophical school and folk religion based on the texts the Tao Te ChingTao (album), and album by Rick SpringfieldTAO (Collective), a radical tech organization based in CanadaTao (comics), fictional character from the comic book WildCATSTao (historical region), part of the Georgian Tao-Klarjeti principalitiesTAO (software) (The ACE ORB), a freely available, open-source, and standards-compliant real-time C++ implementation of CORBATao (software), a library giving .NET and mono developers access to popular graphics and gaming libraries like OpenGL and SDLTAO (song), Do As Infinity's final single, released 2005Tao people, a Taiwanese aboriginal peoples, native to tiny outlying Orchid IslandTao Group, a software company headquartered in Reading, Berkshire, United KingdomKo Tao, an island in the Gulf of ThailandTamke-Allan Observatory, in Tennessee, United StatesTransitioning Applications to Ontologies, an European project in the FP6 frameworkTen Acre Observatory, in Oklahoma, United StatesFrank Seemann, aka Tao or Tao/Cream, an Atari ST demoscene musician with coding abilities related to musicTao Feng: Fist of the Lotus, a video game for XboxTrack At Once, an optical disc recording modeTropical Atmosphere Ocean, a scientific project of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)The International Air Transport Association airport code for Qingdao Liuting International AirportThe Tao "T.J." Jones, protagonist in Chris Crutcher's novel Whale Talk
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Noun
1. an adherent of any branch of Taoism
(synonym) Taoist
(hypernym) disciple, adherent
(member-holonym) Taoism
2. the ultimate principle of the universe
(hypernym) principle
(part-holonym) Taoism, Daoism
(classification) Taoism, Daoism

n. Tao, the ultimate universal principle of all things, base of human activity (Chinese Philosophy)

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n. Tao, source and guiding principle of all reality, ultimate universal principle (Chinese Philosophy)