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Chinese Philosophies and religions
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Chinese is greatly influenced
by the philosophies and religions of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism.
Without a better understanding, it may be difficult to distinguish between philosophies,
religions or superstitions in some cases. The history in this area has attracted many
attentions and may help to understand this nation better. Chinese philosophies tend to
lead people to live in harmony. Western thinking may lead to the same destination but
through confrontation and violence. Taoism and Confucianism were
created in the early year of Chinese history between 600 BC and 400 BC. Based on the work of Dao De
Jin, Taoism promotes the belief that a person will gain power and strength if behave in
harmony with the nature of universe. A person will be prosecuted sooner or later by his
own wrong doing if acts against the nature of the universe. With proper behaviors and self
restrain, a person can achieve great inner strength and prolonged life. Taoism and Buddhism are the
most popular religions in China. They may be different but they have no conflicts. Confucianism in another hand is
the philosophy guiding Chinese in governing and behaviors. It emphasizes the importance of
a family and the society order. Children must respect and obligate to their parents.
Younger obeys to the elder. Junior follows the senior. Servants serve the rulers. Even
today, the Chinese society still reassembles the spirit of Confucianism. Buddhism was introduced into
China from India. The reason for its widely acceptance in China is the concept of rebirth
and the reinforcement of the Taoism and Confucianism. Buddhism is a man-centered religion,
not god-centered. It confirms the fact that life is suffering. Craving is the cause of all
suffering. No one but yourself can save you from suffering. To attain happiness you have
to overcome craving or endless wanting, hatreds and complaining. Basically Chinese is asked to
behave properly in the society and in the family with great self restrain. Chinese is
taught to eliminate the human desire for material life and to meditate for spiritual
pureness. People are led to think that everyone comes to this world with empty-handed and
will eventually be gone with empty-handed. Islam like many other foreign
religions believes in one god in the universe. With their deep belief in
their god it
leads to many religion conflicts and fighting in Europe and Middle East. Arabia Muslims
brought Islam to China peacefully. Same as Islam, Christianity and
Judaism were brought to
China long time ago because Chinese philosophy promotes "Da Tong" in
universe. Just like any other religions,
there are crooks and Sects that use religions for personal gains and political purpose. It
happens in the past and will continue to happen. The situation in Taiwan is much serious
that Taiwan government has dissolved a few of these sects in the last few years. Recent
years, America becomes very interested in Taoism and Buddhism, especially the
effectiveness of Taoist qigong for treatment. There are many academic and commercial
activities to promote these religions. Chinese own philosophies accept
freedom of religions. Chinese also believes that any religion should promote universal
harmony, not hatreds. Religion should not be used for politics in any sense but for
spiritual richness of mankind. Any religion body, which has very tie and effective control
in organization, is not purely for promoting their religion but for solidify their power
and influences in the society. These organizations are not religion in nature but
political or commercial bodies. Falen Dala is one of them, which has been developed very
rapidly in North America and China. We believe that this organization has political agenda
and will do a lot of damages to other religion groups and the promotion of Taoism. Chinese philosophies and
religions after so many years become very complicated and difficult to summarize. But one
thing is sure that Chinese is taught to live in harmony with people and the nature. There
is nothing in the deep root that it will lead Chinese as a nation to a state of violence
and invasiveness. For audience interested in exploring this area, welcome to contribute your thoughts Subject for Further study The Spirits of Chinese Religion |
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