Is reincarnation or afterlife spoken about in any Taoist texts?

[Drifting_Through_Infinity]

So in chapter 16 of the TTC, it ends with:

"Immersed in the wonder of the Tao, you can deal with whatever life brings you. When death comes, you are ready".

 

Ready for what? Is this gone into detail in any Taoist texts? At all?

[Stosh]

Some feel the texts do suggest reincarnation occurs. Personally I think that line would mean that one hasnt left life undone, no regrets , and embraces the peace ,,the end of tribulation ,,it represents.

Whether at a crazy party, or in a fray, or well worn with age, one might be ready to go home an put their feet up.

Edited September 18, 2016 by Stosh

[exorcist_1699]

"When death comes, you are ready" definitely is a wrong translation .

 

In the times when TTJ  was written , Buddhism had not entered China ;  and there ,originally ,was  no afterlife or incarnation concept in Taoism . 

 

Translating " 没身不殆"   as   "When death comes, you are ready" is   wrong. It should be : " For your whole life, you will then be free of hazards and misfortunes "  as after having yourself  immersed in Tao.

 

It would be roughly 700 years later that those concepts gradually came into the Chinese lives..

Edited September 27, 2016 by exorcist_1699

[Drifting_Through_Infinity]

Well I disagree with the whole idea that humanity just started. If so, who in the heck cut down all the giant trees??? Trees get bigger forever, right?

Yeah though, I see how the question is irrelevant.

[Marblehead]

Trees die just like people do.  But some live longer than others.

[Taoist Texts]

"When death comes, you are ready" definitely is a wrong translation .

  

Yes

 

 

 

In the times when TTJ  was written , Buddhism had not entered China ;  

 

 Yes

 

 

and there ,originally ,was  no afterlife or incarnation concept in Taoism .

 

No, this is incorrect. There definitely was a cult of ancestors right from the origin of the Chinese culture, which of course includes Taoism. http://www.ushistory.org/civ/9b.asp

[Stosh]

Great size and weight of branches, tends to hasten the demise of a tree,. limbs break , trunks split , rot sets in. Bonsai or a pollard can often outlive wild forms.