道家的自然體驗與冥契主義－神秘˙悖論˙自然˙倫理
臺大文史哲學報 May 1, 2011 DOI: 10.6258/bcla.2011.74.01 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that Daoist experiences in Laozi and Zhuangzi align with core features of mysticism and can be classified as a naturalist type integrating internal and external mysticism, which may ground a mystical ethics for Daoism. |
Abstract
This paper evaluates the experiences of the Dao from a popular mystical trend, and suggests that from the descriptions of Dao experiences in Laozi and Zhuangzi, it is possible to find powerful literature that corresponded to the core features of mysticism. At the same time, the experiences of the Dao have the ultimate meaning of art as a religion. Thus, this paper attempts to explore the metaphysical experiences in Daoism into the ancient and prevalent mystical consciousness. On one hand, Daoism can be classified as an Eastern case of mystical experiences while on the other hand, it communicates the Daoist aesthetic and artistic experiences and the mystical religious experiences, combining the two into one. Finally, the author engaged in a dialog with two types of mystic, the internal and external, by W. T. Stace, to define Daoism as a naturalist type of mysticism that integrates the internal and external, which integrates oneness and natural phenomena, and proceeds from silence toward poetic metaphors that are full of paradoxes. This kind of objectified aesthetic covering one and all also extends to various mystical experiences that are solemn and sacred. From a sense of oneness from all things, it can elicit a kind of mystical virtue that transcends good and evil, and accommodates all things. In other words, an interpretation of Daoism from mystical consciousness may also open a mystical ethics for Daoism.