HUMA 1860 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Jade Emperor, Human Beings In Buddhism, Personal God
4 Aug 2015
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Eminent philosopher, neo-confucius philosopher quote chinese philosophy is so great, they don"t have to stew to religion, they can get all the information without having to rely upon it. His thesis is that the chinese are not religions however, daoism is indigenous to. China chinese are more interested in philosophical buddhism. Another scholar professor chan quote for him, the enlightened ones are those who are educated and not those who have achieved nirvana the enlightened are more into, are better. Interaction between heaven and human more organic relationship between the cosmos interaction that reverberate throughout the entire system. If the sovereign isn"t concerned with the welfare of the people heaven will revoke the mandate to govern of such ruler heaven"s wrath can be represented by natural disasters, locust, drought, etc. Ruled over people was seen as the mediator of heaven and earth.
