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A Dictionary of Buddhism | 2004 | | Copyright

wu-wei.
1. A Chinese term borrowed from Taoism in order to indicate Buddhist concepts. It generally means ‘unconditioned’, and is used to translate the Sanskrit term asaṃskṛta.

2. Using a different Chinese character to write the second word, a Buddhist term meaning ‘fearless’, as in the ‘four fearlessnesses’ (see vaiśāradya).

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Wu-wei

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Wu-wei (Chin., ‘not/non-doing’). The mode of being and action in Taoism which ‘goes with the grain’ of the way of Tao in bringing manifest forms into appearance. It is not total lack of activity, but, rather, active inactivity which allows the way of Tao to be expressed.

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