RELI 2732 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Tzu, Tao Te Ching, East China Sea
17 Apr 2017
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Non-exclusivity; can be all, all at once. Not what you believe, but what you do, orthopraxy (correct action) vs orthodoxy. Eastern traditions tend to emphasize action over belief. Boundaries between this life and death are quite porous. Community of the living and when you die you join the community of the dead. The main religious issue is the health and well-being of the person in this life and beyond this life longevity, prosperity, posterity. Religious activity is the way one maintains and enhances physical and economic vitality. On-going concern for the welfare of there person after death. On-going concern with the long term fate of a person. Ideas of the end of time and eternal salvation do not have much effect on how religion is practiced. Chinese gods: longevity (long life), prosperity (wealth), posterity (continuation of the family) All chinese theory of being and existence is based on the yin and yang.
