What does the Way of Heaven mean?

Tiān dào

Pinyin tiān dào

Phonetic ㄊㄧㄢㄉㄠˋ

Basic explanation

The literal meaning of "Tiandao" is the law of movement and change of heaven. The world must have its own rules, which are the laws of heaven. The so-called way of heaven refers to the rules and principles of all things. Everything has certain rules.

Detailed explanation

Meaning

1. It is the will of heaven.

2. Refers to the changing laws of nature.

3. Refers to celestial phenomena that show signs.

4. Climate, weather.

5. Time, time.

6. Situation, situation.

7. One of the six paths of Buddhism. Buddhism believes that Chinese immortals belong to the six realms. This is a very wrong statement. Chinese immortals are not equal to the Indian gods (i.e., the heavenly beings of Buddhism).

Pangu has a saying: "Across the six realms, everything has its destiny. Mortals look up at the sky, where the sun and the moon lurk, and the four seasons change. In the underworld, all things follow their causes and conditions, and what is eternal is the 'way of heaven.'"

Chapter 77 of Laozi's "Tao Te Ching" : "The way of heaven is to reduce the excess and make up for the deficiencies." The characteristic of the way of heaven is "the higher ones suppress it, the lower ones lift it up, the excess ones damage it, and the deficient ones make up for it." The way of heaven is to reduce the excess and make up for the deficiencies.

"Zuo Zhuan·Zhao Gong 17-18 Years" Zichan said: "The road to heaven is far away, and the road to humanity is short. How can we know it if it is out of reach?"

Guanzi by Liu Xiang of the Western Han Dynasty "In "Chong Ling", there is a saying: "The number of the way of heaven is the change of the people's hearts." Follow the way of heaven and win the hearts of the people. Once the war breaks out, "if you can fight, you will win, but if you can defend, you will be firm". "This is the way to rectify the world." .

"Historical Records·Tai Shigong's Preface": "Spring brings birth and summer grows, autumn harvests and winter stores, this is the great scripture of heaven. If it does not follow the rules of the world, it will not be the order of the world. Therefore, it is said that 'the great order of the four seasons cannot be followed.' "Lost"

In ancient Chinese Taoism, there is: "The final state of cultivating the Tao is the great road of heaven, so it is the way of heaven."