Kouksundo is very clearly different from taoism. There had been"great Do" in ancient Korea
before buddism, taoism,confucianism came into being. "Do" means the way through which humans
can be connected with heaven into one. Kouk(cosmic country: we consider the cosmos one country)
+sun(the sun)+do(way,road,street, or method)=kouksundo is the way through which humans can
be linked with heaven by increasing their wisdom and ability to the maxim level though taking in the
Illimitable energy and brightness of the sun with their mind and body by way of danjeon and eventually skin breathing. Tao is chinese style pronounciation of "Do"(the way). Do( 'do' we read this letter in Korea and in kouksundo) originated from the thought that we must respect our Heanen and love
People. but Heaven is abstract and no concrete form . Ancient korean people began to regard the sun as the symbol of Heaven. " the great present from Heaven to our people". They wanted to take the
present of the Heaven as much as possible with only mind, in the beginning. They gradualy realised that breathing is the passage of Heavenly present and danjeon is the store house of heavenly present. Through so long years of trial and error approach, they finaly opened the precious way to the union with the Heaven. Therefore the way of "Do"(kouksundo) is almost entirely different from
The way of taoism which was developed in china far later than "Do"(kouksundo)
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