After Life

Taoism is not concerned with an afterlife; indeed, Taoists refute the idea of a God or a Heaven or an afterlife utterly. Lao Tse said in The Tao Te Ching that humans are like "Straw dogs for the sacrifice" meaning that no men have any special importance and will be born and die without any prejudice nor sentient extra-terrestrial purpose. This is all part of the natural cycle of life, which is in turn one aspect