PHIL 11A Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Surface 3, Dukha People, Impermanence
10 Oct 2017
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October 10, 2017: wabi: simplicity, loneliness, imperfect, melancholy, lacking, solitude, sabi: aged, withered, rust, lean, broken, serenity. Form: physical world is a medium for the non-physical. Need to use interpretive context when reading cultural readings- may be translated differently and our assumptions affect what we read. Impermanent (anitya: all things that exist will eventually cease to exist. In a constant flux while existing: suffering/unsatisfactoriness (dukha, nothing in the physical/psychological realm will bring lasting satisfaction, no-self (anatman) --atman (soul), an (no, emotions are always in flux. Confucianism: emphasis on humility- showing off is vulgar, simple and unpretentious = good, less sincere and likely more virtuous. Daoism/taoism (cid:498)sage is nameless(cid:499: one who is truly wise doesn"t go around telling everyone about their, great things often do not appear so wisdom, contradictory surface appearance may be a sign that there is something beneath the surface.
