1. EASTERN PHILOSO- PHY 2. WESTERN PHILOSO- PHY Buddhism, Confucianism, Hinduism, IntegralYoga, Islam, Taoism, Zen Christianity**, Rational, Scientific, Logical schools 3. East MAIN PRINCIPLES Cosmological unity 4. East MAIN PRINCIPLES Life is a journey towards eter- nal realities that areb...
Eastern and Western
Philosophy
1. EASTERN PHILOSO-
Buddhism, Confucianism, Hinduism,
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IntegralYoga, Islam, Taoism, Zen
2. WESTERN PHILOSO-
Christianity**, Rational, Scientific, Logical
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schools
3. East MAIN PRINCIPLES Cosmological unity
4. East MAIN PRINCIPLES Life is a journey towards
eter- nal realities that arebeyond the
realities that sur- round us
5. East MAIN PRINCIPLES Circular view of the
universe, based on theperception of
eternal recurrence
6. East MAIN PRINCIPLES Inner-world dependent
7. East MAIN PRINCIPLES Self-liberation from the
false "Me" and finding thetrue "Me". The
highest state is believed to be a stateof
'no-self', where neither self-worth nor
selfimportance have any real mean- ing.
8. East MAIN PRINCIPLES Behavioral ethics
9. West MAIN PRINCIPLES Feeling oneself as an
element of the Divine
10. West MAIN PRINCIPLES Life is a service (to the
God, money,business, etc.)
11. West MAIN PRINCIPLES Linear view of the uni-
verse and life, basedon the Christian
philosophy whereeverything has its
beginning and the end.
12. West MAIN PRINCIPLES Outer-world dependent
13. West MAIN PRINCIPLES Self-dedication to the
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,Eastern and Western
Philosophy
goal (big dream, lifevision, happiness,
personal success, etc.)
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, Eastern and Western
Philosophy
14. ETHIC LIVING PRINCIPLES of West
15. VIRTUE LIVING PRINCIPLES of East
16. Confuciu "To be able under all circumstances to
practicefive things constitutes perfect
virtue; these fivethings are gravity,
generosity of soul, sincerity,earnest- ness
and kindness." (virtue)
17. Lao Tzu "Be satisfied with whatever you have, and
enjoythe same. When you come to know
that youhave every- thing, and you are not
short ofanything, then the whole world will
be yours." (virtue)
18. Buddha "The thought manifests as the word; The
wordmani- fests as the deed; The deed
develops intohabit; And habit hardens into
character. So,watch the thought and its
ways with care, andlet it spring from love
born out of concern for allbeings." (virtue)
19. Leo Tolstoy "One can live magnificently in this world if
one-
knows how to work and how to love." (ethic)
20. Juvenal "Refrain from doing ill; for one all-
powerfulreason, lest our children should
copy ourmisdeeds; we are all to prone to
imitatewhatever is base and de- praved."
(ethic)
21. David Starr Jordan "There is no real excellence in all this world
which
can be separated from right living." (ethic)
22.Eternal reality of the rid of the false "Me" and discovering the
universal truth: self lib- true "Me"
eration through getting
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