Breaking free from cause-and-effect and the formal concepts of Confucianism, Alan Watts describes mutual arising as the important thing thought of the Tao.
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This time on Being within the Means, Alan Watts describes:
- Chinese language philosophies of Taoism and Confucianism
- Our roles in social life and Confucianism as the way in which for individuals concerned on the earth
- Taoism as the way in which for individuals who don’t prescribe to formal patterns
- How the Taoist goes with nature somewhat than in opposition to nature
- Ideologies of God as a ruler or a lord versus the Taoist perspective
- Experiences by way of their polar expertise (loud vs. smooth)
- Mutual arising as they key thought of the Tao
- Man as being inside nature somewhat than dominating it
- How Taoism removes karma with out difficult it
- The Chinese language philosophy of time
- Sensing the circulate of the current and circulate of the Tao
“Confucianism prescribes every kind of formal relationships; linguistic, ceremonial, musical, in etiquette, in all of the spheres of morals, and because of this has all the time been twitted by the Taoists for being unnatural. You want these two elements, you see, they usually play in opposition to one another fantastically in Chinese language society. Roughly talking, the Confucian lifestyle is for individuals concerned on the earth. The Taoist lifestyle is for individuals who get disentangled.” – Alan Watts
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