Course
Taoism
Four classes to come closer to the tao: its origins in ancient China, the first masters, the vision of Zhuangzi and of Laozi, the Tao Te Ching and its continuation in Zen.
A note on language
These class texts are written in Spanish, and I have kept them in the language in which I wrote them. You are very welcome to read them if you understand Spanish — and if you would like to know more about any of this in English, do write to me.
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I
9 min
Introducción y contexto
What the tao is, where Taoism comes from and who its first masters were: the yin shi, Yang Zhu and the root of polarity.
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II
11 min
El taoísmo filosófico
Zhuangzi and the dream of the butterfly, the unity of the Tao, and the appearance of the Te, the virtue that makes it immanent in all beings.
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III
11 min
Laozi y el Tao Te King
The Tao as Nothingness, the praise of the feminine and the yielding, with a selection of chapters from the Tao Te Ching.
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IV
14 min
El Zen
Zazen, samu and koan; the artistic ways of Zen — tea, calligraphy, haiku — and Taoism and Zen side by side.