Confucianism vs Buddhism vs Taoism - Realpolitik of the Three Teachings of Ancient China

[@CoolHistoryBros]

From now on, all religious rivalry will be settled by fanfiction competition!

[@Playlist-sq5wu]

I wholeheartedly agree

[@gaiusmarcus8]

Agree.

[@YokaiLover699]

Asgard v. Sun Wukong when?

[@ErikHare]

Billions of people would be alive if this had been implemented. Billions more would have been entertained.

[@yogawan3805]

Thx, nice explanation

[@HistoryOfRevolutions]

"If you stop and confine yourself to one place, you will develop prejudices" - Guo Xiang (郭象)

[@wisdomleader85]

"Shit happens. Deal with it." -Pei Wei (裴𬱟)

[@sunkijayloppaa3037]

@@wisdomleader85 did that pei wei really said that? 😭 Genuinely asking

[@hana-ov1ju]

@@sunkijayloppaa3037 highly highly doubt it

[@MrMikkyn]

Confucianism is about involvement with society by being morally righteous, following rituals, and adhering to a strict bureaucracy in which a harmonious existence could he pursued. Buddhism is about following the dharma, a set of teachings given by Buddha who reached enlightenment and realised that life is suffering. In order to overcome suffering, practitioners can either become monks or lay-buddhists by following the eightfold path, the three gems, and practicing compassion and non attachment through meditation and mindfulness. It encourages a minimalist approach to life, and also one of seclusion, and kindness. Taoism from the Tao Te Ching is mainly about embracing contradictions, using non-literary methods to connect with nature and the way of nature, to flow and to engage in effortless action. To be able to take action within inaction. To live in a state of harmonious paradoxes, it is not about creating anything or forcing anything, but about integrating and being in a natural state. It is introspective, and peaceful.

[@alexlo7708]

Your said are the core philosophy of the 3 above.

[@violenceisfun]

That's the western new age interpretation of Taoism. Real Taoism is much different.

[@eveleung8855]

@@violenceisfun This is the original teaching of Tao, it was a pure philosophy, Morden Taoism as a religion already combined with massive amount of shamanism and Occult practice, even include alchemy, even the idea of the heavenly structure are not base on Buddhism nor Taoism, it is a form of Shamanism idea projecting our real word up on Heaven and down into the Hell, this is why it is often very confuse what were they actually practice . The reason Buddhism can solely stand alone, because it is a imported religion, not originated from China. Taoism and Shamanism are from a very similar ancient source, therefore, today's Taoism practice just like any other religion practice, they provide services for those who in need of spiritual and mental comfort, extremely far away from the original teaching of Tao. If you read Lu Ban Book or Book of Lu Ban, that is where all the mumble jumble spaghetti like Taoism graph came from, Lu Ban Book technically not a Tao book, but a Mo book (墨家書), later both Taoism and Shamanism adapted and use it into their religion practice. Say it more plainly, don't compare Morden day's religion practice with the ancient philosophical teaching.

[@violenceisfun]

@@eveleung8855 It's an american thing to think all religions were corrupted until 60's middle class intellectuals coopted them into feel good morality plays. I'm not influenced by protestantism so I don't believe this, sorry.

[@zhanquanye1255]

@@violenceisfun Any text can be corrupted over time, simply because of errors during transcribing, even more so if people are putting it to paper after long periods of oral traditions (books regularly get destroyed by fires or during warfare).

[@electromega3077]

Ancient China mixed Confucianism Buddhism and Taoism together. Modern China mixing Communism, Socialism and Capitalism together.

[@auburntiger6829]

"Socialism with Chinese characteristics" has been altered and adapted to the extent that many of the more orthodox Marxists don't actually acknowledge China's form of socialism. Modern China continues to bring back Confucianist and Legalist-influenced thinking in new laws and policies, such as the Elderly Rights Law that passed in 2013. In a true socialist country, it would be the responsibility of the state and community to take care of their elders (social security) rather than their direct family. Modern China's interpretation of "rule of law" is also much closer to the Legalist definition.

[@ReviveHF]

Modern China mixing Communism, Socialism, Capitalism together since 1911.

[@WellBehavedForeigner]

Is there any doubt that they appear to us every generation as having "a real government" and a population without the bad effects of faith/religion which outside of China always exists, but for some reason, people like you still haven't found a reason to relax and be quiet rather than find the easiest way to give Chinese people an allergic reaction?

[@ikengaspirit3063]

@The Ming Warrior Based China

[@DacLMK]

And Legalism too.

[@426mak]

Another fascinating video. Did not know the Catholics ones tried to incorporate the story of Buddha into their doctrine, but I have heard that there were some Buddhist Sects that tried to incorporate Jesus into their doctrine by equating him to a legendary teacher from the West.

[@x-questf384]

मनमोहक

[@1knurlagn]

Catholics did not incorporate buddha. The similarities are thin and an overreach of gossips. A man isolated his son from the world doesn't equal buddha.

[@silvercorvidsmarketing]

"Laughing at the taoist essays" holy explicit titles, Batman

[@legendarywings8120]

In Vietnam, this phenomenon is called Tam giáo đồng nguyên 三教同源, or in Caodaism, Tam giáo quy nguyên

[@xingyu1386]

I think the merge of the three schools is a result of people choosing to believe whichever teaching is convenient for them. Roughly, Confucianism covers the relationship between individual and society, taoism covers individual growth and spiritual perfection, and Buddhism deals with emotional suffering and after life. In most of the history, common people were free to choose whichever religion/philosophy to believe. So people just take out a bit from each of the religion (not exclusive to these three) and use them to their own advantage. For example, a rulers may often choose Confucianism to demand obedience from the people while consulting taoism for immortality and Buddhism to secure an incarnation. Although in general Chinese people would admit they believe in all three teachings, if you examine what they exactly believe, one shall find a spectrum of faith. Then this drives the merge of all three religions while ignoring they may not be completely compatible.

[@calzonetrash]

very well put

[@bradypus55]

Watching Kublai Khan do that mustache twirling jolly laughter makes me hype for the eventual Yuan Dynasty video series

[@YokaiLover699]

Journey to West feels like a microcosm of the various competing ideas and religions. It's one of the reasons why I find it so interesting. 😄

[@ErikHare]

The rivalry between them is natural, but how it played out is fascinating. It was mostly trolling, very little actual bloodshed. Truly astonishing

[@dncsp7502]

Confucianism. Buddhism. Taoism. Long ago, the three teachings lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked.

[@nyclee9133]

Christianity attacked

[@misira8256]

@@nyclee9133 Christianity didnt do shit. It was communism

[@trxxxx4799]

@@nyclee9133 this made me laugh so hard😂😂😭😭

[@mint8648]

Shinto Japan

[@jaytv4eva]

...and how does Wukong fit into this?

[@marcc1830]

Other than the polytheistic nature, all these 3 beliefs/philosophy do share some form putting emphasis on being at peace with or understanding of the self and the living in the now. This could partially explain your amusing assessment of the current level of rivalry as fanfic competition.

[@alexlo7708]

Their share common main principle is to stop hostility and live in harmony. So they did not define their gods because other tribe or civilized may have their own gods and this will bring conflict and hostile. They propose philosophy not god to worship.

[@marcc1830]

@@alexlo7708 I think the harmony thing is more Ruism/Confusionism than the other 2. Taoist and Buddhist basically accept change as the only constant in the universe. It is possible that it was due to either the human predisposition for order or the ruist family/traditional upbringing that by the large the layperson anchor to the balance aspect.

[@alexlo7708]

​@@marcc1830 Had you seen change is normally in nature, you could have no feud. Then live in peaceful and harmony.

[@jaylim3027]

Love your videos as always! I read an interesting take on why Taoist & Buddhist were "persecuted" under different rule and it's very a different concept from the Western concept of religious persecutions which emphasize on doctrine purity and believers vs pagan. Like you mentioned, the core motivation was always who's a threat to their rule, the mandate of heaven. Chinese believe in balance, and one group should be balanced by another, neither can be stronger nor weaker. A wise ruler thinks about how the group can be used and controlled as a means to rule, because when a religion gets powerful, rebels will form a cult and threaten the throne. Another major reason is that monks and 道士 are exempted from taxes and labor. The imperial court even issues certificates to monks and 道士. When times are hard, more people ran away and become/pretend to be monks so that they no longer need to pay taxes or serve as soldiers. And monasteries, both Buddhist and Taoist become a place where these people flock to, often bringing valuables along. From a government perspective, these people ran from their tax obligations and national duty, stealing with them the tax money that should have been in court coffers. The country loses money, loses food production and conscripts and that's unacceptable. So begins the shut down of monasteries, confiscating their riches gathered, and arresting people who become monk to avoid taxes. And the one true religion of a great emperor has always been, Politics. PS. Monkhood certificate is also a tool used inadvertently as government bonds throughout history. There's a demand of people buying these certs for tax and duty exemptions, and the gov can supply these certs for immediate cash, sacrificing future tax and productions. An economic win for both parties! Except when it's unregulated and used as a tool of corruption and brought down dynasties. --> cool idea for future episodes!

[@nathanwatches]

In other words, it's the human that adulterated spiritual teachings. Politics seems to be the main factor and priority for any religion development. Rather it's the common folks that is more pious.

[@alexlo7708]

I think they're built up from turmoil and clashing of the societies and some wisdom scholar tried to reasoning the cause.

[@nathanwatches]

@@alexlo7708 maybe. Thats why we should have a broader view of things.

[@Yabuki_right]

​@@nathanwatcheswhat are your thoughts on advaita vedanta?

[@dantanskymonsterhunter]

I am a Taoist. Been one for a long time. Lived in Asia. Thank you.

[@zhubajie6940]

I remember visiting Crane Cry Mountain （鹤鸣山）when I was in Sichuan. My guide had to ask her grandfather about what it was and where it was. Sad that a foreigner knew more than she or her parents about the 5 Pecks of Rice School of Daoism (五斗米道).

[@FOLIPE]

The debate about the compatibility of christianity and confucianism was pretty significant. The Jesuits defended the compatibility while Dominicans were against. Back in the days the Dominicans won but over time the Jesuit position came to be acknowledged as more correct.

[@vivianadelatorre7267]

this stuff is so interesting to me. the history of chinese religions and their interactions is so different than western religions, where christianity, judaism, and local polytheistic traditions were much more antagonistic towards each other, with jews being oppressed and polytheistic traditions only being preserved in the ways they influenced Christianity

[@auburntiger6829]

Like the poster said, though, the three religions weren't always peaceful to each other. Their "peaceful coexistence" arguably came about because they did not threaten the position of Confucianism, and thus became subservient to it and incorporated. Buddhism went through four persecutions when it first entered China, after which Chinese Buddhism got altered and regulated to become more compatible with Chinese thinking. As for Taoism, it only became more "timid" after the imperial court of Han put down the Yellow Turban Rebellion (similar to the Taiping Rebellion but Taoist). That said, some Taoist sects continued to be highly fanatical up until the mid Ming period. Before then, they had contributed to the Red Turban Rebellion along with many other religious sects.

[@vivianadelatorre7267]

@@auburntiger6829 yeah i maybe worded it badly. it's just interesting that the equilibrium was one where the three religions each had their place, rather than one needing to be the only one left.

[@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl]

@@vivianadelatorre7267 that is not unusual here in the middle east you can find religious minoritys that are more than one thousand years old

[@vivianadelatorre7267]

@@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl yeah but like religions dont get syncretized the same way? like people dont believe in both islam and christianity and yazidism, you know?

[@andyl7080]

中国虽然有三教，但指导大多数人生活方式的是儒教。 因为儒教纯粹理性，拒绝相信神和任何神秘力量。拒绝讨论天堂，以及死后的世界。 所以一些快死的老人和妇女希望得到心里安慰，会去拜一些道或者佛。 还有就是逃避社会的人会去信道教和佛教。因为儒家要求人不停奋斗直到死亡。 所以你会看到亚洲人不停的加班😂这是儒教的一种修炼方式。因为我们不相信天堂和来世。

[@judekessey7913]

Excellent digress of 3 of many pillars of Chinese ethos - Cheers & TQ for sharing 🌏

[@shacklesmith]

In China: Buddhism vs Confucianism vs Taoism In the West: Christianity vs Neoplatonism vs Stoicism vs Epicureanism (Socratic Method Applied)

[@mrkang1154]

Taoism and Buddhism is in same level, its taught about universe and enlightenment. Confucianism is just talk about well being of human, no related with enlightenment.

[@cosmos69]

No. Confucianism is the foundation of Taoism and Buddhism. Do you believe that one person with all bad manners could achieve enlightenment by reading some books?

[@mrkang1154]

@@cosmos69 Direct goto enlightenment study, bad manner automatically reduced in the initial. Purify the source from the beginning, then the manifestation and performance never go wrong.

[@hanchiman]

In the entertaining book "Te of Piglet" by Benjamin Hoff (who also wrote Tao of Pooh), it describe the scene where Confucius, Buddha and Lao Tze tasting the vinegar, Confucius has a sour look after tasting it reflecting his seriousness to life, Buddha has a bitter look, reflecting life is about suffering but Lao Tze is smiling as he reflect life should be enjoyed.

[@hanchiman]

@Aurelio Fabricio Induni Ocampo alrite. There are alot of old artwork of them three staring at the bowl too

[@niamtxiv]

Lol

[@MCorpReview]

I kinda like 👍 ur channel bcuz the ads come at the beginning but doesn’t interrupt the flow of the story in between. Wish other channels did this too.

[@TheGuiltsOfUs]

Beautiful philosophies

[@gabrielofficial7859]

Very interesting

[@gwang3103]

It makes you wonder what would have happened had Advaita Vedanta spread to China. Perhaps the Chinese would have have regarded it as yet another school of Buddhism. :)

[@知-k3q]

It can't be introduced into China, and the religions accepted by Chinese people are basically godless religions.😅

[@manaspratimdas707]

Is Taoism a godless/creatorless religion???

[@georgehirsch9152]

Thank you! That was a wonderful overview.

[@CARL_093]

Thanks bro your the best

[@中華傲訣]

I didn 't know in ancient times, people' troll' too in the ridiculing of other religions through books, debates. Learn something. Thanks.

[@theasianwitch]

Wow awesome summary and storytelling, thank you!

[@snehashispanda1651]

In India a guy Named sankaracharya destroyed Buddhism through advaita vedanta (non dualism or monism) and made it dissappeared.

[@jayantkamble6082]

It is not any reasons as there are proofs. The scholars of Nalanda and Vikramshila university defeated several Vedanta scholars, even one of them was teacher of adi Shankara. Buddhism declined in absence of political support and domination in India.

[@Nikhil-fm2lq]

​@@jayantkamble6082 your proof?

[@varun76890]

very informative thank you

[@salteecoffee1347]

Religion for asians are complex, I identify as buddhist, pray to guanyin, pray to tian gong and other deities like in taoism and practice Confucius's values, so 3 in 1

[@DC-qj8dt]

The founders are religious people, but they did not create religion. Their followers created religions, but are not religious.

[@nyclee9133]

True

[@cgfocus1750]

My friend just walked in at 5:01 and shouted "Yo bro, is that a Nazi tattoo on Buddha's chest?". I"m dying laughing right now. Very educational video you got here. Great work!

[@wabisabi6875]

Great channel! I really appreciate your work, thanks!

[@therongjr]

Why does everyone ignore Mohism? 😭

[@qnguyen3395]

Because unfortunately Mohism has faded into oblivion since Han dynasty. I guess that preaching about universal love and sacrificing yourselves for a great cause did not attract people at that time.

[@linggao2602]

Guess the Mongolians had the right idea. Religions kept arguing against each other are useless but also harmless… that and its minority rule over a majority Han population… you know, keep your subjects arguing so they don’t start a rebellion. On the brighter side, it is through the collision of ideas that truths (however limited they may be) come out.

[@darthknight1]

GREAT video!

[@KathyXie]

It was a surprise to see you have been in Kaohsiung. Yeah is easy to get a bit cynical when you see the amount of money Fo Guang Shan get to build their huge monastery and museum/theme park and how it seems to be run as an business(at least at the surface). It doesn't help that their founder Hsing Yun is a polemical figure for getting involve in politics.

[@alexlo7708]

Buddhist in Taiwan might have some being root from white lotus sect in ancient time.

[@ALIEN_857]

Fo Guang has deviated from the true essence of Buddhism like many other Mahayana Buddhist groups. Its establishment hinges on material desires which run counter to the Buddha's Dhamma.

[@johnkeck]

The Barlaam and Josaphat point is interesting. But the influence of the Saturnalia on Christmas is controversial at best, and most evidence points to no influence. Better examples of Christian cultural borrowings are priests' vestments taken from Roman jurist robes, and the "basilica" form of church being taken from Roman basilica style of building.

[@sinoroman]

good video on the three

[@parjanyashukla176]

It would have been a great, great blessing for humanity had the Tao masters/priests/scholars been able to mature the tradition, practices and philosophy over history. The basic concept of the Tao - that which can be spoken is not the eternal Tao - is very similar to a similar concept in the Vedas. The understanding of the universe as the manifestation of the Tao is probably the most beautiful spiritual tradition in the whole of human history.

[@NikhileshSurve]

Western concept of religion is completely different & alien to the East. The Eastern concept deals with more like philosophies or teachings which has been the case even in India & I think also in South East Asia. Very nicely made video on explaining the 3 main Chinese philosophies Buddhism, Confucianism & Taoism, definitely subscribing 😊👍. I hope these 3 keep dominating China instead of western ideas whether Christianity & Islam or Communism whose followers always oppose the existence of indigenous traditions. Communism under Mao's cultural revolution definitely caused a lot of harm but hopefully current leadership acts differently even though it seems not too likely.

[@wazzup223]

10:00 And THAT'S the reason why the Ming are my favourite dynasty of imperial China.

[@davidhandel5894]

I loved narrator's accent

[@crux666xxx]

Best explained video on Chinese three teachings, I have ever seen. Love from India 💙

[@Yabuki_right]

Change that pfp dawg also have you ever wondered why or how buddhism left India even tho India was it's motherland?

[@terrorcop101]

Think you could do a video on Yin Yang, the Five Phases, and some of these other ideas?

[@jameslahiff9536]

Great channel!

[@CNX625]

Dang, now I'm curious about Manichaeism. Some claim it to be the first global religion.

[@unifieddynasty]

Oh god I would've hated the 'small talk' school of thought. It would've been so awkward. 😀

[@MariaMartinez-researcher]

Saying that the legend of the Buddha was adopted "by the Catholics" as the story of Barlaam and Josaphat is an overreach. Librarian here, worked years in a Catholic theology library, first time ever I heard of that story. Catholic church comprises many countries and cultures, different, rivals, even historical enemies. Those legendary saints were a thing in a specific place and time period. If they were a "Catholic" thing, my library would have had something about them more than one copy of the Golden Legend, which no one requested in the years I worked there. For the ones interested in the development of how that Buddhist story ended up in Catholic outskirts: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barlaam_and_Josaphat

[@Fido-vm9zi]

Mentally moving into eastern spirituality ❤

[@speedstriker]

If you were asked to pin down the essential, hard core of daoism in western terms, would you say that it is an ontology or epistemology? It seems like you can describe daoism as an ontological endeavor, but is it really a study of reality when it just takes "existence" as a given and spends more time generating knowledge about it and rearranging the knowledge to make them more meaningful to humans? It doesn't seem very concerned with "what existence" is or "whether something exists" like western ontology.

[@CoolHistoryBros]

I think the west is really missing out on Liezi's book. Daodejing, Zhuangzi and Liezi are the three most important taoist "philosophy" books. If you can look at the line of thought in Zhuangzi and Liezi, the common pattern is about the understanding of what is useful or not useful (not good or evil), like how some porous tree is considered useless by the carpenter but useful for the tree itself because it prevents them from getting turned into lumber.

[@speedstriker]

@@CoolHistoryBros Guess I'll have to educate myself before asking more dumb questions!

[@jonlovesden]

The Chinese “syncretised” the 3 philosophies, not “synthesised”.

[@jaytv4eva]

So Naruto, DBZ, and Street Fighter are different schools of Buddhist Confucian thought?

[@yohannessulistyo4025]

On the face: Confucious governs the social affairs, Taoism governs the natural affairs, Buddhism governs the spiritual affairs. In reality: Confucious is wasteful, complex, elaborate, sexist, and full of rather strictly customary expensive rituals. Taoism is simply too superstitious rather than advancing real science, it is also unappologetically super pragmatic. Buddhism is just too pacifist to be real, nobody in the Confucian family like to hear that their next generation wanted to pursue enlightenment and abandon all the family's worldy possessions like lucrative businesses. In practice: picture a dead relative, you blow money to give your loved one a grand Confucian proper funeral ceremony. In it, you invite a Taoist priest to "call the dead's spirit" and give the dead a chance to speak the words they didn't manage to say before dying. After that, you give them Buddhist prayer so they can reincarnate to the better realm. Welcome to East Asia, where Shintoism exist in syncretic relationship with Zen Buddhism, Mongolian Tengriism also somehow co-exist with Buddhism, and there is also Korean Jesus.

[@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl]

Are you Japanese?

[@許阿明-h7c]

実は、仏教のmatraやritualsでlucrative businessesをする中国人が沢山いる。。。

[@walkwithmisuk]

​@@許阿明-h7csad to know this. Thought its everywhere

[@commentnahipadhaikar2339]

11:37 Well well, except some,any Hindu I know don't consider Jesus as avatar of Vishnu. Buddha being Avatar of Vishnu is upto person, there is no specific sect. Nezha I believe looks like Hindu God Kartik to me. Like both almost 7 years old when they defeated bigshots. Both carry spears, both are associated with fire also.

[@GoldenEmperor5Manifest]

I love it! One thing though, Chinese Folk Religion is distinct yet very much still alive. Daoism and Buddhism definitely borrow from it frequently and occasionally battle with it. For example, why burn joss money for spirits if they're only recycled back into the Dao? Why burn joss money for them if they're going to be reincarnated? Chinese Folk Religion just says, nah... we need to burn this joss smartphone, corvette, money and mansion so that our ancestors live on in the heaven realm living the good life. If they were bad then we can pay King Yan to let them out of hell.

[@garynaccarato4606]

Did they mesh together well I think the best answer is yes and no while theres not much that conflicts between all of them and many people are more then happy to identify with all three there's also some significant differences in terms of what get emphasized and this can be a source of conflict.

[@年青人]

儒家是人与人的思想 道家是人与自然的思想 释家是人与自己的思想

[@unien6781]

实际上道教所追求的东西是自然界的规则。可以将他们理解为古代的物理学家。他们研究自然的规则并且学会适应这些规则。这也是道教为什么提出“无为”的原因，因为对于他们来说只要顺应规则就能成功。

[@李言-o4e]

我觉得你说的不对，首先道家和道教是两码事，道家追求的是自由，道教追求的是永生

[@unien6781]

​@@李言-o4e道教追求永生我记得至少是14世纪明朝以后才有的记载吧，你是在哪里看到的文献我也查一下。道家和道教确实不同，毕竟一个是宗教一个是政治思想肯定不一样，就像是儒家和儒教是两回事一样

[@李言-o4e]

@@unien6781 道教怎么可以称为物理学家呢？道教的炼金术就是为皇帝炼制仙丹已求永生，道教还有房中术，而道家的自然根本不是物理的自然而是艺术哲学的自然

[@MCorpReview]

Superstition is human nature. Even if Buddha isn’t a fan, many monks practice a lot of magic, some say black magic, in thailand and make big money from it. There was a major amulet craze when u could make millions if u r a skilled and quick collector. It was our proto crypto

[@sampuspitakumarajiva8930]

11:38 nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@brunofranco4416]

Fantastic episode! Hope to see videos on mythological classics too

[@FlyingDominion]

I just got an ad for Raid. Not Raid: Shadow Legends, Raid, the bug killing spray.

[@HolyKhaaaaan]

I am a Roman Catholic who's been looking for a better politic then what we currently "enjoy" - in the United States or China. There are a couple of things in Confucius's philosophy that I don't agree with, but on the whole and at the core I think I would prefer it. (But perhaps not applied the way the Xin Emperor attempted. Weng Mang, wasn't it?)

[@vincently1995]

Ru = Confucianism Shijiamuni = Buddhism Dao = Taoism

[@eltonho09]

Fo = Buddhism RuDaoFo = Confucianism+Taoism+Buddhism 儒道佛三教合一

[@evendrisinergy332]

Shiajimuni = Sakyamuni Buddha?

[@VenomRaven]

Could you consider a video on Guan Yu in life and then in legacy/legend? I find it interesting that hes worshiped.

[@Pockipockipocki]

It,s not mix but the teaching compliments each other making the life of the people to get along easily,the world must learned as today world whose learning learner so called spiritual leaders r becoming more controversial and merciless to those who don,t get along with their foolish elevated imagination!

[@aza6513]

I love if you make how budhism develop from china like chan to zen in japan and korea

[@知-k3q]

The doctrine of Zen is no different from that of Taoism. Taoism in history is very dissatisfied with Zen.

[@D__Ujjwal]

Buddhism was devloped in India though🌚

[@李言-o4e]

​@@知-k3q他们有些深刻的不同，老子一直说无为，其实是有为，而且还要大有作为。庄子是真无为，禅宗也是无为，他们的深刻区别是庄子是以无为求无为，禅宗是以有为求无为，禅宗的高明之处是用佛法对世界做了彻底的否定连佛祖都敢骂

[@D__Ujjwal]

Where are tou from?? What's with your accent ? I am just curious

[@johnmiller0000]

This synthesis exists in Won-Buddhism.

[@redsamson5185]

the yìjīng helps one enter the dào

[@subscriptions007]

How about Legalism?

[@CoolHistoryBros]

It's for the rulers and ministers. Peasants are not encouraged to know those.

[@subscriptions007]

@@CoolHistoryBros A governance instruction manual perhaps? Though it included some Machiavelian content, which is quite unbearable if unprepared to read. Including 商君書，where it talks about Weaker the People, Stronger the State.

[@SaidAhmad]

I think that if at its core the religion or philosophy in question requires of its adherents the adoption of some standard of ethical behavior then they are all compatible for the purposes of living in the world and interacting with people. All the other stuff; dogmas, rituals, eschatology that develop over time are just so much window dressing that provides the adherent some measure of inward expression of their faith and can be accepted as such by those outside of the faith tradition in question. Of course this definition of mine of a standard of ethics that defines any given faith tradition excludes those that center their faith on dogma rather than a standard of ethics like christianity for one obvious example.

[@matthewmann8969]

Flavored

[@skootmeister3994]

A Confucianist, a Buddhist, and a Taoist walk into a tea shop…

[@hungpeng1]

A good inspiration for Marvel's next MCU storyline.

[@Dikur-Sini]

Joshat is more likely the Hebrew name Yehoshaphay (which means God “yahwah judged”) and not Bodhisattva.

[@KageNoTenshi]

Taoism got huge because of the first empress of Han, scholarism or Confucianism right after because her son needed another school of thought to overthrow the influence his mother had, and this one happened to help consolidate power to the imperial throne, so all the better

[@limun9585]

Legalism the forgotten child

[@MontChevalier]

Those saints aren't actually saints. They were never canonized. It was just a story shared between people and understood differently by each. So no. You're wrong.

[@ObsidianMirage]

Thought I was watching a DnD tutorial at first XD

[@Agaratops-ks3rh]

Tell the history of war of the eight princess's china

[@danceonwind]

How do u even know war of the eight princes? 司马家的八王乱。are u even Chinese ?

[@nicbahtin4774]

11:07 me a Jew: wait I've seen this before

[@violenceisfun]

So y'all finally admitting you're polytheists.

[@theicon2132]

The word Muni is a tamizh & sanskrit name🤔

[@gofar5185]

english word "versus" is not applicable...

[@大魔王-f9j]

儒修身，释修心，道修性。

[@paige95951]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@singhs2817]

Jesus as avtaar of Bhagwan Vishna is the biggest lie I heard today..

[@sebastianjuara]

i love you

[@titakristengco]

Well rumor that this three was JESUS teacher when he was a child.

[@the0neObserver]

Imo, Buddhism emphasis is on 1. Non-attachment to name & form. Bcuz name & form create discrimination/comparison that leads to competition-envy-jealousy-hatred-killing-war. 2. Emptiness : Every physical (atom) /non-physical(thought/senses/experience) are practically empty, even proton/neutron/nucleus are vortexes of energy which is empty in form. Take a look at quantum physics about how empty is an atom that make up our body & universe. Bcuz the experience of physical things that are practically empty can only produce a "Real" empty experience. Just by following these 2 emphasis, Buddhism doesn't care about power/position/money or buddha is better than any other holy beings or who is more powerful than others. Because you can't compare empty stuff.

[@the0neObserver]

Taoism is also about emptiness (kung and Wu Wei). The one that has no name, doesn't move (non-physical) but actually governs the balance (yin yang) of the universe. How possible for Taoism to supports discrimination like who is stronger/weaker/better or worse, since the goal is to reach that empty non moving and balance(noone higher/better than another) state of mind. (taht won't apply for followers/practitioner who haven't reach the level of understanding, can not represent Taoism as a whole)

[@the0neObserver]

Both Buddhism and Taoism do have Gods realms, the difference is Gods are just part of the equation that exists with their own benefits and functionalities, while Gods in Taoism are meant to help other beings so us humans can achieve higher state of beings. Both consider Gods still have that humanistic nature such as love/anger but with higher quality etc and both considers name and form will eventually ends and begin again (including gods). Buddhism does not believe in creation bcuz If all atom are empty that make up the whole universe, what is there to create?

[@the0neObserver]

Theravada vs Mahayana, again both have the same non-attachment to name or forms. It's just one is using some form of Taoism while the goal is actually the same. A Buddhist/Taoist/Theravadin/Mahayanain that really embrace the teaching will not have a care about differences (high-low-strong-weak-pure or non pure)

[@劉桑-c7g]

First we should recognise is: all these theory is to provide a method to rule over its people,far away from the ideology “all men are created equal”.The ruler of this land take the role of God,that’s the greatest stupidity.

[@terraconensis2317]

The Christian Bible is comprised of the Tanakh[Old Testament] and Textus Receptus[New Testament]. The final book was written in 90 AD and sent to the churches in Asia Minor. This is where the bible came from. It was written by the influence of the Holy Spirit from beginning to end. False interpretations of Christianity such as Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Mormons, JW tried to change the text to fit their teachings. The biggest example was Origen of Alexandria who was Gnostic Universalist that inserted Greek pagan ideas into his bible.Roman Catholicism is pagan religion with Biblical names. They deny the bible and put men and governments in its place. It is the Whore of Babylon of Revelation 17 and the Popes are Antichrist/ little horn/ the man of sin. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God[a] may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. - 2 Tim 3:16

[@噬玩割基]

红莲白藕青荷叶，三教原本是一家

[@W4iteFlame]

Religions...are just fanfics of a fanfics?

[@alsetalokin88]

xtianity is nothing like confucianism. meh

[@delroku]

Ok baizuo

[@Flammenhagel]

you will never be a woman

[@delroku]

@@Flammenhagel chinlet mad ywmbam

[@Flammenhagel]

@@delrokuhit a nerve

[@delroku]

@@Flammenhagel lmao rent free

[@Flammenhagel]

@@delroku did u type that after finishing your crying session