Relgst 0525 (Hist 0475): Religion & Culture in East Asia Class Notes January 7‚ 2014 Zeno’s “Paradox” Paradox of the arrow If an archer puts force on an arrow towards a target‚ one can see the archer touching the target. The problem according to Zeno is that the arrow does not hit the target. It is impossible. The arrow cannot hit the target. Cause (beginning‚ starts) – space/time (gravity) – > effect (end‚ finish) Four nouns: Body‚ bow‚ arrow‚ target Einstein: At some point in time and space
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of the twelve years (12 branches) actually creates 60 different combinations. Rather than operating in 12-year cycles‚ the Chinese Zodiac is actually based on a system of 60-year cycles. Another important concept in Chinese philosophy is Yin and Yang or
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impotence are generally applicable to premature ejaculation as well. Premature ejaculation in TCM’s terms often results from a weak function of the kidney if stress or anxiety is not the cause. A weak kidney means an insufficiency of Yin‚ Yang‚ or both. Yin and Yang are the essence of life and represent the
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so that she could travel to a village so she could attain imortality faster. Her travels and hardships were very interesting to read and kind of reminded me of my troubles with my studies. After Sun Pu-erh and Ma Tan-yang - her husband‚ were accepted as students of Wang Ch’ung-yang‚ they were instructed to meditate as much as possible and attain the enlightened path to the Tao. This task was assigned to the new students to rid themselves of the temptations of the world. This included sickness of
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best ways to view Vietnamese culture is to look at the system of yin and yang. On one side you have the yang the more male side that has more of a fondness towards hierarchy where the father or the eldest male is the leader of the family with conventional rules to follow depending on their social roles. On the other hand you have the yin moving towards human equality‚ female contribution‚ and more of an emphasis on feelings. Yin and yang are the basis for Vietnamese family life and even government policy
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1.)Jing Mei is the daughter of Suyuan who is part of the joy luck club. When Suyuan dies‚ Jing Mei has to replace her mother at the joy luck club. Jing Mei has to step up and fulfill her mother’s wish: To meet Suyuan’s twin daughters and tell them about Suyuan’s life. Also‚ jing mei’s mother is always criticizing her‚ wich Jing Mei takes as a lack of affection‚ but actually it is because that is the only way for her other to show love. Jing mei is now thirty six years old. Her mother is dead‚ and
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German literature written by a scholar named Christophe Wilhelm Von Hufeland in 1776. Most people have the misconception that macrobiotics is just another diet. Macrobiotics is a dietary practice based on the Chinese philosophy of balancing yin and yang (see yin-yang). According to macrobiotics. (2006). In Britannica Concise Encyclopedia‚ macrobiotics was first articulated in Asia in the 1930s and swept Europe and the U.S. in the late 1960s. Adherents maintain that not only can the quality of life be
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People often use the phrase “everything happens for a reason” to give a reason or explanation to someone after something bad just happened it that person’s life. The reality of this though is that everything does happen for a reason because all aspects of life are connected. The idea is that there is destiny in life and that is what brings pieces together in this world. For example‚ Robert Frost in his poem‚ “Design” uses all three images of the spider‚ flower‚ and moth in the poem to show how they
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Phenomenology is Form and Function: The International Buddhist Temple Phenomenology will sometimes incorporate spirituality into intellectual arguments with place and space‚ and argues that we have more than our five senses to experience the world around us – that even if you were blind‚ deaf‚ couldn’t smell‚ couldn’t taste‚ and had no form of sensory perception‚ the place that you are in could still effect you. The qualities of a place that you can not define through your senses is what explains
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but when you are ill you are unbalanced. They view that someone’s body does not belong to them but also a gift from their parents and so on. The balance between yin and yang is very important to them. If yang is overpowering‚ cold remedies are used and if yin is overpowering then hot remedies are used. Major health concepts are yin and yang and that the reason you are ill is that one or the other is either overpowering or too little. They believe that the main influences for someone getting sick is
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