religions and philosophies of asia

• confucius

  • kung ku-tzu / tze
  • moral and ethnical principles to promote peace and order
• confucius

  1. social obligations
  2. morality in government
  3. respect the ruler
• social obligations

  • believed that everyone had social obligations to friends and family
  • proper rule of conduct in every relationship
• 5 main social relationships

  1. ruler and subject
  2. husband and wife
  3. elder and younger
  4. father and son
  5. friend and friend
• confucius teachings

  • preserve family, for they are the foundation
  • filial piety
• morality in government

  • ruler set a moral example to subject
  • moral merit for rukers
  • emphasized need for educated leaders
• respect ruler

  • there will be peace
• mencius

  • meng-tzu
  • greatest pupil of confucius because he studied and taught all of confucius teachings
  • born 200 years after confucius
  • focused on politics
• mencius teachings

  • everyone is born good
  • everyone has power to overthrow leaders who did not lead
• mencius sayings

  • gain heart, gain throne; lose heart, lose throne
  • never been a good war because a lot dies
• lao tzu

  • "old philosopher" because he was born with white hair
  • founded taosim
• taoism

  • tao is the path where all things move / the way
  • if you be one with nature, you will attain being immortal
• taoism teachings

  • and kalikasan ay may sariling landas at dapat hayaan ito tahakin ng landas
• taoism

  1. everyone origianlly lived in harmony with everything untroubled with knowledge
  2. principle of wu wei - you can do everything by doing nothing
  3. balance between yin and yang
• balance in yin and yang

  • if there is liwanag there is kadiliman
  • liwanag - lalaki
  • kadiliman - babae
• lao tzu sayings

  • to the good i am good; the the bad i am still good
  • keep behind and you shall be infront
  • overcome others is strong, over come self is stronger
• hsun-tzu

  • developed legalism
  • felt people were evil and selfish
• legalism

  1. main task was to strengthen the state
  2. leader must have absolute power
• tibetan buddhism or lama-ism

  • "lama" - superior
  • dalai lama - spiritual head
  • believed that banal and mga monghe at pangkaraniwang tibetan
• shinto

  • the way of the gods
  • kami--spirits
  • amaterasu is the most important kami
• 4 paninindigan ng shinto

  • tradisyon at family
  • pagmamahal sa kalikasan
  • kalikasan
  • matsuri
• shinto

  • spirits are everywhere, so its clean
• shrine

  • church
  • clean hands before going in
• torii

  • arch
  • put this where there are spirits/kami
• zen buddhism

  • originated in japan
  • meditation is important
  • ikamit ang kaliwanagan sa pamamagitan ng meditasyon
  • pamumuhay na payak at disiplinado
  • samurai converted to this
• hinduism

  • oldest religion
  • million of gods and goddes
• aryans

  • indo-european people
  • tall white people
  • war like people
  • introduced hinduism
• famous trinity

  • brahma the creator
  • vishnu the preserver
  • shiva the destroyer

  -all represent life
• caste system

  • social class in india
  • brahmins - priests
  • kshatriyas - warriors
  • vaishyas - traders
  • sudras - commoners
• untouchables

  • do all dirty work
  • if you touch them you will become dirty spiritually
• rules in caste system

  1. inheritent in social class
  2. if you marry, they must have the same social class
  3. social class doesnt change
• pure aryans

  • brahmins
  • kshatriyas
  • vaishyas
• mixed - sudra
• karma - reincarnation

  • kung may ginawa kang mabuti sa buhay na ito, magiging mataas ang social class mo sa susunod na buhay
• hinduism nirvana

  • freedom ng kaluluwa at pag sama nito kay brahma
• moksha

  • getting out of the cycle
• gopastami

  • ang baka ay sumisimbulo sa buhay
  • hindi kumakain ng baka
• suttee

  • panununog ng bidyuang babae
• vedas

  • bible
  • contains hyms, prayers, rituals
• buddhism nirvana

  • perfect happines