Taoism Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==== Hygiene Taoism ==== Hygiene Taoism is a Taoist tradition meant to increase life and "physical and mental harmony".<ref name="Stevenson-2000" /> Some Taoists from the "Hygiene School" believed that they could survive only on their own breath and saliva to purify their bodies.<ref name="Stevenson-2000" /> Much of Taoism in general is about cleanliness in some way and involves free thinking,<ref>{{Cite book |date=June 19, 2022 |title=Daoism and medicine 1 |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-edit/10.4324/9780203740262-32/daoism-medicine-1-michael-stanley-baker?context=ubx&refId=d89dd299-3707-4770-87ad-e12cc7ddbdb9 |publisher=[[Routledge]]|doi=10.4324/9780203740262-32 |last1=Stanley-Baker |first1=Michael |pages=401β416 |isbn=978-0-203-74026-2 }}</ref> as well as rejecting the gratification of the senses, in order to purify oneself to make the mind like "the sky", "sun", and nature in general.<ref name=":1" /> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page