Confucius The Analects

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What is trying to be said here, in my eyes is that no matter what if we have people who are wise and people who value things, we will always have those individuals who will seek to sneak those items for themselves. As you explained in your video around 3:45, the second people begin to devalue things, is the second that we will no longer have theft, or any need hide things.
The author believes that we need to revert to the kind of lifestyles we were born with, just to go with that lifestyle. The author believes that it is counterintuitive to fight for things, because a sort of divine being is in control and what that divine being says, goes.
12.) Explain what “li” is as you have learned about it in Confucius’ The Analects and the class videos …show more content…

To break that down Li is the way one will react/behave around other individuals. Li is essential to human beings because without a social norm people would react differently in each situation leaving you unsure what to do in certain circumstances. For example, it is customary in some cultures to bow when meeting/greeting someone for the first time or to initiate a formal setting. So, in that type of setting I would bow to you and you would bow back to me, we would have created respect and a norm for us to behave in. if Li was not in place, I could bow to you and you could go to say, squawk like a bird,
I would have no idea what is going on and therefore would have no type of norm with you.

13.) Siddhartha Gautama discovered and articulated a teaching which is essential to the foundation of
Buddhism. This teaching he called the Four Noble Truths. Identify explain these four noble truths in detail (especially the fourth noble truth!).
 Siddhartha found the four noble truths to be; the truth of suffering, the truth of the cause …show more content…

Per the book “there are only rough translations, for the gunas can have no equivalent in any other philosophy” the first guna, tamas, is frozen energy or the resistance of energy. Rajas, is uncontrolled power, like a raging river. And sattva is the harmony that keeps everything together. It is also important to remember that each of those categories can be turned into the others.
15.) Hinduism and Buddhism both claim that “moksha” is the goal of life, but they understand or explain moksha in slightly different ways. Explain what moksha is according to Hinduism, and what moksha is according to Buddhism. Remember to explain any supporting terms that arise in your answer. (Note:
The concepts of “samsara,” reincarnation, and the nature of consciousness will show up in both the
Hindu and Buddhist accounts of moksha. Make sure to explain these. Further hint: the Hindu account of moksha will have something to do with “Atman-Brahman.” The Buddhist account will focus more on the nature of consciousness and have a less well-defined character overall. Again, make sure to explain both accounts fully, assuming your reader knows nothing about these religions or their
supporting

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