The Teachings of Confucius versus the Tao Te Ching The teachings of Confucius and the Tao Te Ching are two important schools of thought in China. In Confucius’s Analects‚ he talks mostly of political and social issues and also speaks about how people must govern by following rules and displaying virtuous qualities such as honesty and integrity. Lao Zi on the other hand talks of how the world has a propensity towards balancing itself and that people should govern by “going with the flow” while the
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The Religion of Shinto Shinto or “the way of the gods‚” is the oldest religion in the history of Japan. Many of the Shino beliefs deal with natural disasters‚ animals‚ and plants. Over the years Shinto has become more modern adapting to the changing world‚ but the core of beliefs still remain the same as they were in 6 bce. Over time due to the different emperors and world events Shinto has had to change in order for it to remain in practice. A lot of Japanese culture such as dance‚ literature
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Shinto is the native religion of Japan. Shinto is still practiced and has been modified by the influence of Buddhism and Confucianism. Shinto is a polytheistic religion. Shinto also involves worship of kami or spirits. The word kami‚ meaning above or superior‚ is the name used to designate a great host of supernatural beings or deities. Shinto does not have any person or kami deemed holiest and does not have a set of prayers or religious books. However Shinto Is a collection of rituals and methods
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The Japanese Shinto attitudes towards art is that the elements of nature are the pure and beautiful children of the kami‚ and the humans are to cooperate with the kami to promote this goodness and beauty in nature. They use art to express the way in the land itself being pure‚ sacred and beautiful as created by the kami so therefore the presence of the kami is revealed not only by words but through the aesthetic awareness of the beauty of nature. The arts are also used as entertainment for the kami
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system of Japan‚ Shinto has no fundamental creeds or written teachings‚ and is not particularly evangelical. It is an ethnic religion which is almost exclusively associated with the land and people of Japan; it is the essence of what is means to be Japanese as its beliefs and characteristics have had a significant role in shaping Japanese culture. It also resonates with a veneration for Japanese tradition and the invisible presence of innumerable spiritual powers‚ or kami. Shinto is essentially a
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Shintoism is an ancient religion that originated in Japanese culture. Shinto is a general term for the activities of the people of Japanese descent to worship all the deities of heaven and earth‚ and at the end of the 6th century the Japanese were conscious of these activities and called them the "Way of Kami" (the deity or the deities)’. The practice of Shintoism finally recognized when Yomei‚ the 31st Emperor of Japan‚ prayed before an image of Buddha for the first time as an emperor for recovery
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The central aspect to Shinto tradition is the concept of purity‚ this principal concept evident within ritual practices. The impression of purity remains not only unique to Shinto religion‚ but rather recurrent within both Zen and Pure Land doctrines as well. By examining the idea of purity as it is seen within Zen Buddhism within the mind‚ and Pure Land within the soul‚ we will be able to see the through comparison the relations that the two religions have with Shinto tradition. Before making
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Confucius believed that the nature of human beings is good‚ but they want the best. Men want riches and honors and the leaders want to be followed faithfully. For this to happen though people must be good‚ there must be reward for being good‚ and the people must have confidence in themselves. This is achieved though the government. Confucius said; “In doing government‚...If you desire good‚ the people will be good. The nature of Superior Man is like the wind‚ the nature of the inferior man is like
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might be the reason why it wasn’t perceived by many as a legitimate religion. Chad Hansen‚ in his book‚ mentions how‚ “Both Confucian and Daoist thinkers from this period rejected the earlier ideal of guiding behavior by social conventional discourse. They appealed to a natural‚ intuitive‚ or innate guide to behavior.” This shows that Daoist was influenced by other philosophies such as Confucian. As Daoist evolved during its first decades‚ Confucian became its main influencer‚ as a result of which
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Confucianism and Daoism are two of the most influential schools of thought in ancient China. Both are not only ways of thinking‚ but ways of life. They are not religions: they have no teaching of worship of gods‚ or the afterlife; each philosophy focuses on the individual and their behavior. Confucianism and Daoism are often considered polar opposites for several reasons‚ although they have a few similarities. Confucianism has a core of morality‚ ethics‚ and activism. It encourages social harmony
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