Alan Watts – Being in the Way – Ep. 34 –Confucianism vs. Taoism
Breaking free from cause-and-effect and the formal ideas of Confucianism, Alan Watts describes mutual arising as the key idea of the Tao. This time on Being in the Way, Alan Watts describes: Chinese philosophies of Taoism and Confucianism Our roles in social life and Confucianism as the way for people involved in the world Taoism as the way for those who do not prescribe to formal patterns How the Taoist goes with nature rather than against nature Ideologies of God as a ruler or a lord versus the Taoist perspective Experiences in terms of their polar experience (loud vs. soft) Mutual arising…
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