<p>With my very little understanding of Daoism I think you can approach Tao through Buddhism but one can't achieve Theravada Nibbana via Daoism perhaps Mahayana Nibbana.
I think the teaching of Daoism is very beautiful.</p>

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SarathW
<p>Daoism is hard to define, isn't it? There's the <em>Tao Te Ching</em> but sfaik most Daoists are Chinese, and unless you understand e.g. the Chinese language it's a bit inaccessible.</p>

<p>So far as I know, "one" (i.e. a sense of self, identifying with the "five aggregates" of Buddhism) does not achieve either.</p>

<p>I find that the doctrine that "one" is a "straw dog" (Chapter 5 of the Tao Te Ching) is suggestive. :-)</p>

<p>I think that "Taoism" is quite broad though, e.g. here's an aspect to it which values physical/bodily immortality (e.g. as maybe manifested in martial arts, in traditional chinese medicine, in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xian_(Taoism)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Taoist Immortals</a>) which, I don't know, is maybe rather different from Buddhism.</p>

<p>If you've read both you may see a lot of similarities -- I quite like how the Tao Te Ching ends with hearing dogs barking but people staying home, maybe "staying home" is a metaphor for not chasing after sensuality or something like that (or maybe it's meant as purely mundane advice for a populace).</p>

<p>Not that literally "staying home" is necessarily a feature of Buddhism (which advocates "going forth into homelessness", also maybe different stages e.g. as illustrated in the <em>Ten Bulls</em>).</p>

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<p>What are some of the similarities between Taoism and Buddhism? Can one achieve the Tao through Buddhism and vice versa, can one achieve nirvana through Taoism? </p>

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Similarities between Daoism and Buddhism
# Similarities between Daoism and Buddhism

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-11-26)

What are some of the similarities between Taoism and Buddhism? Can one achieve the Tao through Buddhism and vice versa, can one achieve nirvana through Taoism?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2018-11-26. Score: 1

With my very little understanding of Daoism I think you can approach Tao through Buddhism but one can't achieve Theravada Nibbana via Daoism perhaps Mahayana Nibbana.
I think the teaching of Daoism is very beautiful.

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### Answer by username_2 on 2018-11-26. Score: 0

Daoism is hard to define, isn't it? There's the *Tao Te Ching* but sfaik most Daoists are Chinese, and unless you understand e.g. the Chinese language it's a bit inaccessible.

So far as I know, "one" (i.e. a sense of self, identifying with the "five aggregates" of Buddhism) does not achieve either.

I find that the doctrine that "one" is a "straw dog" (Chapter 5 of the Tao Te Ching) is suggestive. :-)

I think that "Taoism" is quite broad though, e.g. here's an aspect to it which values physical/bodily immortality (e.g. as maybe manifested in martial arts, in traditional chinese medicine, in the [Taoist Immortals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xian_(Taoism))) which, I don't know, is maybe rather different from Buddhism.

If you've read both you may see a lot of similarities -- I quite like how the Tao Te Ching ends with hearing dogs barking but people staying home, maybe "staying home" is a metaphor for not chasing after sensuality or something like that (or maybe it's meant as purely mundane advice for a populace).

Not that literally "staying home" is necessarily a feature of Buddhism (which advocates "going forth into homelessness", also maybe different stages e.g. as illustrated in the *Ten Bulls*).


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