Philosophy: Mind Map

Daoism

The Dao

In order to release the social, political, and cultural traps and individual must escape by:

• refusing formal knowledge and learning
• dependeing on the senses and instincts
• finding the nature and rhythm of the universe
• ignoring political and social laws

Buddhism

Wu Wei

• "Effortless Action"
• There is no need for human change with the flow of reality

Fundamental Belief

Yin

• Feminine, Passive, Darkness, cold, Weak, Earth, Moon

• Reincarnation: Concept that people reborn after dying

The Three Practices

Yang

• Masculine, Active, Light, Warmth, Strong, Heaven, Sun

• Sila: virtue, good conduct, morality
• Samadhi: concentration, meditation, mental development
• Prajna: discernment, insight, wisdom, enlightment

Four Sacred Mountains

• Wudang Shan
• Longhu Shan
• Qiyun Shan
• Qingchang Shan

Bagua-Eight Symbols

• Eight Trigrams
• Represent the imporant principles of reality
• Each consists of 3 lines
• Broken=Yin
• Unbroken=Yang

The Four Noble Truths

• Dukkha: suffering exists
• Samudaya: there is a cause of suffering
• Nirodha: there is an end to suffering
• Magga: in order to end suffering, you must follow the Eightfold Path

Wu Xing

• Wood feeds fire
• Fire creates Earth
• Earth bears Metal
• Mental enriches water
• Water nourchies Wood

Buddha

• Born near the Indian border
• Most important Asian thinkers
• Contributed to many areas of philosophy, including epistemology, metaphysics, and ethics

Moral Philosophy

• To avoid from :

Educates Humanism

• Destroying living creatures
• Taking which is not given
• Incorrect speech
• Sexual misconduct

Eastern Philosophy

Hinduism

Confuciansm

Main Concepts

Concepts

• Jen: Human heartedness; goodness
• Li: principle of gain, benefit, concrete guide to human action
• Yi: righteousness
• Hsiao: reverance
• Chih: moral widsom; the source of this virtue is knowledge of right or wrong
• Chun-Tzu: the ideal man; gentle person in the most significant sense
• Te-power: by which men are ruled; power of moral example

• Maya: this illusion of multiplicity is created by the veiling power of the one.
• Leela: is the nature of supreme consciousness, playful nature
• Karma: cause of the cycle of birth and rebirth
• Dharma: 'that which binds together'

Caste System

The Five Relationships

• Father and son
• Elder brother and younger brother
• Husban and wife
• Older friend and younger friend
• Ruler and subject

The Analects

• Means 'conservation'
• Most fundamental function work
• Focus on functionalism of interpersonal relationships

• Priests, Brahmas; highest on the caste system
• Warriors, Kshatriyas; second on the caste system
• Business persons, Vaishyas; third on the caste system
• Servants, Shudras; lowest on the caste system
• Utouchables; out of the caste system

Background Info

Background Info

• Confucius was the founder of confucianism
• 551 BC
• Zou, Lu State
• Teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher

• Does not have any founder
• Third largest religion in the world
• There are 900 million Hindus

Philosophy: Mind Map