RELS 108 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Tao Te Ching, Ethnic Religion, Religious Text
14 Dec 2016
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Buddha"s flower sermon focus on intuitive wisdom. Jainism - welfare of every being, minimize use of world resources. Ahimsa - non-harming, non violence to all living creatures. Sikhism - monotheistic all religion different name same deity. Taoism- nature balance natural flow solitude. Lao-tzu - 604bce saddened by people not cultivating natural goodness, lived in. The tao te ching - the way and its power. Te - the power of the tao moving through the universe. Yin yang - compliments of unified whole tao in its eternal wholeness. Why called the water course way? model of how we should live. Kung fu-tzu - the first teacher, socratic method of teaching. Sacred text - the analects - deliberate tradition of respect in all relationships. The duty of children to their parents is the fountain from which all virtues spring. Jen - human heartedness - courtesy, unselfishness empathy. Chun-tzu - superior person, humanity at its best.
