MMW 12 Chapter Notes - Chapter Chian: Filial Piety, Taoism, Xiongnu
21 Mar 2017
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Valuing detachment from material world as without real value. And shared imagery e. g. retreat into mountains. This is against confucian emphasis on public service. Supernatural and miracle tales about saints with special powers. Although relating buddhism to daoism made it easier to understand for chinese it changed the meaning of buddhism a little bit. Sanskrit sila - moral behavior = trans xiao (filial piety) Confucianism: treat people differently according to the 5 relationships. Unthinkable to treat all different types of people the same way. Shave your hair unfilial to your parents because you are demeaning the body that your parents have given you. Fail to glorify your parents by career. You fail to maintain the cult of ancestors by producing children. Buddhist response: buddhist practices help your parents. Buddhists brought changes to china but also changed by chinese culture. Buddhism"s egalitarianistic view - notion to treat all people the same way. Made buddhism attractive to a diverse population.
