Taoism:
Taoism is a tradition which means living in consonance with the Tao. Taoism has Chinese origin and was founded by Lao Tzu in 550 B.C. The actual meaning of Tao is ‘The Way’. People from Japan, China and Korea with a range of 20 to 30 million follows Taoism philosophy .Taoism are also called Daoism in some areas. The people of rural areas of China consider it as a religion because of Tang Dynasty. Tao means doing the things naturally or going with the flow. According to Taoism beliefs if a person wants to live a healthy and successful life is to let it happen naturally and be flexible to whatever comes its way. According to Taoist ideals, there are no "poor people" but just people who act poorly. Anyone may be a "good guy" living in harmony with the world and with others, provided the necessary education and encouragement to understand how the universe functions. The person would be dissatisfied if a person resists the changes in his life. One's ultimate aim is to live in harmony with the Tao’s way and agree that everything that happens in life should be acknowledged as part of the divine force that connects. and passes through all. Taoist rituals are about honouring the ancestors of a village, community or region, and the Grand Master will invoke the spirits of those ancestors while burning incense to purify the place. Purification is an important aspect of the ritual. Taoism has very energetic impact on Chinese’s people for centuries. For acquiring exorcism, techniques for ecstasy and getting immorality are the major teaching in Taoism. According to the local society, before the emergence of Taoism slaughtering animals for spirits was considers to be a sign of virtue, but as soon as people started believing in Taoism, people started to reject this act of sacrificing animals for spirits. Most of the population in Vietnam and China consider themselves as Taoist. Taoism has four rulings for having a better life:
· Letting go
· Compassion
· Flowing with nature
· Harmony
STOICISM:
Stoicism means personal ethics and its views on natural world. Zeno of Citium was the person who founded this philosophy and named it ‘Zenoism’. The stoics usually teaches that ‘’virtue is a good to human’’. Money, health and pleasure are nothing but only have value as a material to act upon .To live a decent life, one had to accept the laws of the natural order, since they believed that all was inherent in nature. A person who is indifferent of pain and pleasure is commonly considered as strict. Most people consider stoics as the one who have no emotions or feelings about anything as they are free of passion. They do not show any kind of emotion as they consider everything as an order from nature. In ups and downs of life considering it as destiny and having a clear judgement about the event makes one stoics. Following are the major teachings of stoicism
· Wisdom
· Courage
· Justice
· Temper
