Bibliography: BIB22528

Key	BIB22528
Reference type	Journal Article
Title	The Great Tao
Journal	Journal of Bahá'í Studies
Author	Chew, Phyllis Ghim Lian
Year	1991
Date	June/Sept. 1991
Issue	2
Volume	4
Abstract	Very little is known of similarities shared by the Great Tao as conceived in the immortal Taoist canon, the Tao-te-Ching, and the nature of God and the teaching of God's messengers as expounded by Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá. This article focuses on the GreatTao of the ancient Chinese people, a Tao whose eternal spirit has seeped into the very heart of Chinese tradition, culture and way of life for centures, and which is manifest in various aspects of Chinese thought and life as well as in the more apparent aesthetics of calligraphy, painting, and poetry. This article compares the similarities in spiritual insights of the _Tao-te-Ching_ with that of other major religions, notably the Bahá'í Faith, and argues that no understanding of the Chinese mind and spirit is complete without a perusal of some of the main spiritual tenets of this imperishable canon. The article is concerned with the original philosophy of Tao and not with what is today popularly know as the Taoist religion, an invention only loosely connected with the spiritual insights of the _Tao-te-Ching_.
Language	English
Keywords	CHINA; RELIGION; TAO-TE-CHING; LAO-TZU
Pages	11–39