Music of Tao ~ Bagan Temples, by Harvey Summers

Tao (pronounced 'Dow') can be roughly translated into English as 'path' or 'the way'. It refers to a power which surrounds and flows through all things, both living and inanimate. The Tao regulates natural processes and nourishes balance in the universe. It embodies the harmony of opposites, or Yin and Yang, which symbolize pairs of such opposites throughout the universe, e.g., light and dark, male and female, good and evil; none can exist without the other.