Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism: Chinese Popular Religion
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Date: 2024-11-28
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rmdodsonbills
A few things struck me watching this video. The spirit festival struck me as very similar to Halloween which is an amalgamation of old pagan practices and Christian theology which has become a very secular communal practice. Even many of the Christians who participate are probably disconnected from both the pagan beliefs about dead relatives and the Christian celebration of the saints in heaven. Also, the unknowableness of The Way is also not unique. Native American spirituality also embraces the idea that the Great Spirit is unknowable; that's what the Wakan in Wakan Tanka means. Even Christians talk about how God works in mysterious ways and that God's ways are not Man's ways.
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A few things struck me watching this video. The spirit festival struck me as very similar to Halloween which is an amalgamation of old pagan practices and Christian theology which has become a very secular communal practice. Even many of the Christians who participate are probably disconnected from both the pagan beliefs about dead relatives and the Christian celebration of the saints in heaven. Also, the unknowableness of The Way is also not unique. Native American spirituality also embraces the idea that the Great Spirit is unknowable; that's what the Wakan in Wakan Tanka means. Even Christians talk about how God works in mysterious ways and that God's ways are not Man's ways.
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greenblaze9189
When my grandmother was a young woman growing up in Trinidad and Tobago, a mischievious cousin of hers once went to a member of the Chinese diaspora and asked why do you leave bowls of rice by grave sites When are the dead going to come up and eat the rice. He received a response the same time your dead come up to smell your flowers
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When my grandmother was a young woman growing up in Trinidad and Tobago, a mischievious cousin of hers once went to a member of the Chinese diaspora and asked why do you leave bowls of rice by grave sites When are the dead going to come up and eat the rice. He received a response the same time your dead come up to smell your flowers
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Sirfing_Wolf
What this series seems to be teaching me as I eagerly await each new episode, is that the idea of a true or correct faith, and ideas of following the right path seems to be a very Western religious ideal. There’s a reason so many people say they’re spiritualist but don’t follow any particular path
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What this series seems to be teaching me as I eagerly await each new episode, is that the idea of a true or correct faith, and ideas of following the right path seems to be a very Western religious ideal. There’s a reason so many people say they’re spiritualist but don’t follow any particular path
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justinvidanes5186
Thank you. I’m becoming conservative with my philosophy studies. Hank and John it’s like I worshipped your religion. Vlogbrothers was hugely part of my life and crash course made me grow.
I know not where my destination is, but I harken that I have good teachers like you and crash course!
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Thank you. I’m becoming conservative with my philosophy studies. Hank and John it’s like I worshipped your religion. Vlogbrothers was hugely part of my life and crash course made me grow.
I know not where my destination is, but I harken that I have good teachers like you and crash course!
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crash_course
I remember reading a translation of the dao de ching when i was young and it was the closest I've ever come to spirituality. I've gone back to it a few times in adulthood. I'd recommend it. It's a fascinating and deep read. Also, quite short.
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I remember reading a translation of the dao de ching when i was young and it was the closest I've ever come to spirituality. I've gone back to it a few times in adulthood. I'd recommend it. It's a fascinating and deep read. Also, quite short.
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Rudero3
Aw man, I see Wades-Giles translations got ahold of this episode. Also, never stop mispronouncing things, ever. John Green is a national treasure.
Also, I got so excited to see Qin Shi Huang's portrait, I love that portrait.
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Aw man, I see Wades-Giles translations got ahold of this episode. Also, never stop mispronouncing things, ever. John Green is a national treasure.
Also, I got so excited to see Qin Shi Huang's portrait, I love that portrait.
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liamjohnston2000
Agnostic atheist here, I just want to thank the entire Crash Course team for all their hard work on this series. I've enjoyed every episode and learned so much. I'm very curious about next week's episode.
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Agnostic atheist here, I just want to thank the entire Crash Course team for all their hard work on this series. I've enjoyed every episode and learned so much. I'm very curious about next week's episode.
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