Unit 3 - Eastern Philosophies

The collected sayings of Confucious, one of the Four Books of Confucianism

• Analects
• Book of Mencius
• Chuang Tzu
• Tao Te Ching

The supreme Taoist virtue, rendered in English as "action less activity"

• Tao
• Te
• Shu
• Wu-wei

The book of "the way" and its power. Taoism's foundational text.

• Book of Mencius
• Tao Te Ching
• Chuang Tzu
• The Analects

The way of nature, the ultimate source and the principle order in the universe

• paradoxes
• Tao
• Jen
• Wen

The positive, active, masculine, heavenly component of the universe, characterized by light and strength

The negative, passive, feminine, earthly component of the universe, characterized by darkness and weakness.

A doctrine summarizing the proper ethical principle for each basic human relationship

• Wu-wei
• Five Constant Relationships
• Shu
• Jen

The Zen experience of enlightenment, a flash of insight in which the nature of one's being is known directly

A verbal puzzle designed to short-circuit the workings of the rational, logical mind.

• Dokusan
• Kami
• Koan
• Rinzai

The basic method of Zen meditation, traditionally practiced while seated in the lotus position.

• Rinzai
• Zazen
• Dokusan
• Soto