Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Eastern Approaches to
a Unified Reality
- Hinduism
- Ultimate
Nature of
reality
- Brahman, supreme being,
soul of the universe
- where everything comes from
and where everything goes after
death
- Has no form and everyone pictures
them as they choose
- All gods and goddesses are part of brahman
- Relationship
between mind and
matter
- believe yoga connects mind
and matter
- work with their bodies while clearing their
mind and reaching peace and connecting to their Atman
- What is Self?
- Atman, "eternal self"
- refers to "real self" beyond ego
- referred to as the 'spirit' or 'soul'
- indicates our true self or essence that
underlies existence
- meaning of life
- Four goals that shape your
karma and samsara
- Ultimate goal is to reach
moksha or enlightenment
- Four goals: Dharma, Artha,
Kama, Moksha
- Buddhism
- Ultimate Nature
of reality
- The Four Noble Truths
- 1. Suffering Exists
- 2. The origin of suffering
(negative desire)
- 3. Extinction of suffering
through nirvana
- 4. Path leading to the extinction
of suffering (the Noble Eightfold
Path
- Relationship
between mind and
matter
- The relationship is seen in the 3
stages of reaching Nirvana
- 1. Meditation
- 2. further ending of emotional,
physical and mental activity
- 3. being detached from
the real world, beginning
of nirvana
- What is self?
- Many ways to find one's self
- The Noble Eightfold path
- a way to a happier life and to self
improvement
- The Five Percepts
- 1. Do not kill
2. Do not steal
3. Do not lie
4. Do not be
unchaste
5. Do not take
drugs or drink
intoxicants
- The Six Perfections
- Giving, Mortality, Patience, Vigor,
Meditation, Wisdom
- meaning of life
- to understand
suffering and how it
exists
- want to reach enlightenment and
nirvana to end their reincarnation
- Confucianism
- meaning of life
- to transform themselves
into a living example of
virtue
- The nature of
ultimate reality
- They want to live their lives
serving heaven
- ultimate goal: always be ethical,
follow the Five Virtues, find balance in
all aspects of life
- Relationship
between mind and
matter
- have to have the mind to
follow the virtues and then be
able to carry them out
physically
- What is self?
- to fully become one's self, Confucians follow
the Way of Heaven and the Five Virtues to
become guardians of heaven's creations
- Five Virtues: Ren,
Yi, Li, Zhi, Xin
- Taoism
- meaning of life
- the meaning of life is to
embrace the journey of life
- ultimate
nature of
reality
- Taoists 'go with
the flow'
- accept things the way
they are and don't try to
change things
- Taoist's ultimate reality is to
be completely balanced living
a world of chaos
- Relationship between
mind and matter
- Taoists believe that you
must open your mind to
your surroundings so
you can become a full
part of the physical
world
- what is self?
- Stage One - Engaging Yang Qi With
Intention & Effort - Bring energies
together to get rid of imbalances
- Qi is life-force, which
animates the forms of
the world
- Taoists find themselves through
'Keeping The One'
- Stage Two - Nourishing Yin Qi With
Receptivity & Surrender - We let go of
structured methods, in order to reach a
more intelligent state of being, a deeper
order which is initially experienced as
chaos
- Stage Three - The Return - Yin & Yang In
Union - The “individual self” of the
practitioner and the “world” in which s/he
moves are now in effortless, joyful union --
and both are known as Tao.