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  2022 Reading List Bresnan, Patrick S. Awakening: An Introduction to the History of Eastern Thought . Routledge 6 th ed., 2018. This book engages readers with lively anecdotes, essential primary and secondary sources, an accessible writing style, and a clear historical approach. The text focuses primarily on India, China, and Japan, while showing the relationships that exist between Eastern and Western traditions. Author consistently links the past to the present, so readers may see those Eastern traditions, however ancient their origins, are living traditions and relevant to modern times.   Ferrell, O.C., et al.   Business Ethics: Ethical Decision Making and Cases . Cengage 12 th  ed., 2019. The purpose of this book is to help students improve their ability to make ethical decisions in business by providing them with a framework that they can use to identify, analyze, and resolve ethical issues in business decision making. By studying business ethics, students begin to underst
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“The Palace Museum”

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  OMuRAA Museums Visit!  Online Museum Resources on Asian Art Champleve’ Incense Burner with Lotus Motifs in Serindian Style Champleve’ enamel Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Hello and welcome to my blog! I am your host, CT, and we will be going on an adventure to visit Online Museum Resources on Asian Art, The Palace Museum! Let’s get to it! When I opened and saw some of the many virtual museums, I decided to visit virtually The Palace Museum which is located in the heart of Beijing. On The Palace Museum website, in the "VISIT" section, stated that the museum is temporarily closed. But here it has also another information about the museum operation hours, how to buy tickets, the location of the museum, facilities that can be found while in the museum such as places to eat and drink, shops, audio guides, information points, ATMs, lavatories, luggage, accessibility, loan of equipment, first aid, paging service - lost and found, and tickets. Information about regulations and sugge
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Zen Buddhism

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  Rinzai Zen and Soto Zen A Zen monk of the Soto School prays in front of an altar at the Seiryu ji Temple in Hikone City Japan https://h7.alamy.com/comp/3/11bf3598531f4178a9f84e7834e4e576/a9j5jr.jpg “Buddhism has been practiced in Japan since about the 6th century CE. Japanese Buddhism (Nihon Bukkyō) created many new Buddhist schools, and some schools are original to Japan, and some are derived from Chinese Buddhist schools. Japanese Buddhism has had a major influence on Japanese society and culture and remains an influential aspect to this day”. (Wikipedia, Buddhism in Japan). “During the thirteenth century, three new schools of Buddhism would become firmly established in Japan: Nichiren Buddhism, Pure Land Buddhism, and Zen Buddhism”. “The seeds of Zen would fall on especially fertile ground in Japan and would reproduce the two great schools already existing in China; Caodao, which would be pronounced “Soto” in Japanese, and Linji, which would be pronounced “Rinzai”. (Bresnan 489)
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The Silk Road

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  Silk Road Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. In telling the Story of the Silk Road, I cited from the book by Patrick S. Bresnan entitled Awakening: An Introduction to the History of Eastern Thought, in chapter 16: "Early Buddhism in China," and also in the video “The Silk Road: Where East Met West: Episode 1,” taken from the Cosumnes River College library: Films on Demand. Before discussing further, it's good to know what is called The Silk Road. Here, the Silk Road is not referred to as a road made of Silk. “The Silk Road refers to the network of routes used by traders for more than 1,500 years, since the Han Dynasty in China opened trade in 130 B.C.E until 1453 C.E. The term served as a metaphor for the exchange of goods and ideas between different cultures.” (National geographic). Bresnan's text does not describe the existence of Islam in depth, and only mention about the rise of Islam. On the other hand, Bresnan's text describe in detail about the spread of Bud
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Confucianism and Daoism in Chinese Civilization

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“The Philosophical Struggle That Defined China - Hundred Schools of Thought.”  www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MKMgBh4CMI In Chinese civilization, there are several teachings, including Confucianism and Daoism. According to the National Geographic resource library, “Confucianism is one of the most influential religious philosophies in Chinese history and has been around for more than 2,500 years. Confucianism has to do with inner virtue, morality, and respect for the community and its values." Where "Confucianism is variously described as a tradition, philosophy, religion, humanistic or rationalistic religion, a way of governing, or simply a way of life. Confucianism evolved from what has come to be called the Hundred Schools of Thought from the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius (551-479 BC). " (Wikipedia). Daoism which originally meant "the Way" or "the way", "is considered to be an impersonal and boundless force, in the cosmic sphere, whi
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Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism

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Theravada Buddhism https://www.facebook.com/TheravadaBuddhism101/ @TheravadaBuddhism101    ·  Community Buddhism is one of the largest religions in the world and originated 2,500 years ago in India. Buddhists believe that human life is one of suffering, and that meditation, spiritual and physical work, and good behavior are the means to attain enlightenment, or nirvana. Siddhartha Gautama was the first to attain this state of enlightenment and is still known as the Buddha. (Buddhism, National Geographic). In Patrick S. Bresnan's book “The Resurrection: An Introduction to the History of Eastern Thought” states that the history of Buddhism is broadly divided between the two great traditions, Theravada (also known as Hinayana) and Mahayana. (Bresnan 243). Theravada Buddhism claims to be the oldest school and the reason for the existence of Theravada is to preserve and promote the Buddha's vision and teaching. Theravada Buddhism emerged from the common beliefs and practices of the
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Bhagavad Gita's book review - Enlightment

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  Over the past few weeks, I have been reading the book Bhagavad Gita by Jack Hawley published by New World Library in 2001. This book tells about the dialogue between prince Arjuna and Krishna, who is the reincarnation of Lord Vishnu. Arjuna who is going to fight becomes doubtful knowing that he will fight against his own kinsmen led by his cousin, Duryodhana, who cheated Arjuna's family out of their rightful kingdom and then denied their requests for even a trifling parcel of the land that was rightfully theirs. In his doubt and confusion, Arjuna asked Krishna, and Krishna answered all questions by giving a description of how one should live a life based on truth, the life of dharma. Krishna also explains the relationship between the path of knowledge, the path of action, and the path of love also emphasizes that all paths lead to Self-realization. And in the end, Krishna encouraged Arjuna to continue to fulfill his duty as a warrior as it is written, “You, Arjuna, are born and
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