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Assignment:
What were the streams that went into the making of "religious Daoism"? How were these related to the ideas of the Daodejing and Zhuangzi? How might these themes contribute to "engaging diversity" on 21st-century earth?
In the Ta Hsueh, Confucius explains:
When things are investigated, knowledge is tended; when knowledge is extended the will becomes sincere; when the will is sincere, the mind is rectified; when the mind is rectified, the personal life is cultivated; when the personal life is cultivated, the family will be regulate; when the family is regulated, the state will be in order; and when the state is in order, there will be peace throughout the world.
What are the specific teachings reflected in this passage.
Where does this passage fit within the development of eclectic Chinese tradition?
What is its meaning and importance to Chinese people today?
What are the implications of these teaching for "encouraging diversity" globally?
In Daodejing 67, Lao Tzu opines (in Novak, p. 164):
Some say that my teaching is nonsense./ Others call it lofty but impractical.
But to those who have looked inside themselves,/ this nonsense make perfect sense.
And to those who put it into practice,/ this loftiness has roots that go deep.
- What are the specific beliefs and ideas reflected in this passage?
- Where does the passage fit w/in the development of eclectic Chinese religious tradition?
- What is its meaning and importance to Chinese people today?
- What are the implications of these teaching for "encouraging diversity" globally?
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