To compare and contrast the ideas about desire in Daoism and Buddhism, it is important to understand that neither theory encourages desire in its entirety. ... Daoism encourages people to live a simple life and relax into the dao (meaning, "the way"). ... If we were living in a different period of time, perhaps one long ago, and in a different society, I think Daoism would be a great philosophy to live by because we could enjoy our time here instead of living by the clock and being too busy to slow down and marvel at what nature has to offer. Today we are too restricted by laws, social expe...

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Well, there are Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism. ... The symbol that represents Daoism and what it means is YinYang. ... Which is Daoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism, and hopefully somewhere in this paper someone learned something about each of those three main philosophies that still exists in China today....

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In China three new ways of government were developing which were Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism. ... Daoism believed in there being no importance in social order and just living in natural order, which meant that there wouldn't be so much chaos between people. ...

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Buddhism was created in India in there sixth century B.C.E., and later spread to China during the first century B.C.E . In China, when people met Buddhism for the very first time, people had many mixed reactions. Some people began to accept Buddhism and started practicing it. Meanwhile, some peopl...

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