2007-09-29 14:19:14 · 4 answers · asked by jameslarue12 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The 10,000 things of Phenomenal Reality.
2007-09-29 14:29:12 · answer #1 · answered by WillRogerswannabe 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Everything, everything distinguished or seen as separate from anything else or from Nothing; the 10,000 things are what words make.
Before words, is the Tao.
The number is not magic; it just means the very many, the un-numberable many things. As per the last link, "In philosophy, Lao Zi writes about "ten thousand things" in the Tao Te Ching[.] In Zen Buddhism, the "10,000 Things" is a term meaning all of phenomenal reality."
2007-09-29 21:40:13 · answer #2 · answered by SC 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The 10,000 things are the things of the world...the car, the plane, the boat, the restaurant, etc., expressed in modern terms.
2007-09-29 21:23:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The "ten thousand things" (wanwu) are the sum of entities generated by the joining of Yin and Yang, the world of multiplicity.
2007-09-29 21:25:14 · answer #4 · answered by Stedway 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋