Oceanic experience
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
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Oceanic experience. The experience, usually brief and completely unexpected, of being at one with the entire universe, and of feeling a deep meaning and purpose to every part of existence. It is often accompanied by feelings of compassion and love for all beings. See also
BIOGENETIC STRUCTURALISM.
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Mencius on Becoming Human.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Philosophy East and West; 10/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; Mencius on Becoming Human. By James Behuniak Jr. Albany...Press, 2005. Pp. xxviii + 186. $40.00. In Mencius on Becoming Human, James Behuniak provides a comprehensive reading of the Mencius, ranging from cosmology and metaphysics to familial...
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James Behuniak, Jr. Mencius on Becoming Human.(Book review)
Magazine article from: China Review International; 9/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; James Behuniak, Jr. Mencius on Becoming Human. Albany: State University...00, ISBN 0-7914-6229-3. In Mencius on Becoming Human James Behuniak, Jr...the botanical metaphor underlying the Mencius' discussions of human development...
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Some reflections on Mencius' views of mind-heart and human nature.
Magazine article from: Philosophy East and West; 4/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; Introductory Remarks Mencius' most significant contribution to Confucian...basis, practical implication, and influence of Mencius' views of mind-heart and human nature. Origin of Mencius' Views of Mind-Heart and Human Nature Confucius...
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More "Mencius-on-human-nature" discussions: what are they about?(Mencius: Contexts and Interpretations)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: China Review International; 3/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; Alan Kam-leung Chan, editor. Mencius: Contexts and Interpretations. Honolulu...51.00, ISBN 0-8248-2377-x. Mencius: Contexts and Interpretations, edited...different authors on various aspects of the Mencius. Nine of the thirteen focus in one way...
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Joanne D. Birdwhistell. "Mencius" and Masculinities: Dynamics of Power, Morality, and Maternal Thinking.(Book review)
Magazine article from: China Review International; 9/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; Joanne D. Birdwhistell. "Mencius" and Masculinities: Dynamics of Power...7029-9. In her latest book, "Mencius" and Masculinities: Dynamics of Power...the necessity of understanding the Mencius as a text concerned with masculinity...
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Mencius and Early Chinese Thought.(Review) (book review)
Magazine article from: Philosophy East and West; 4/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; Mencius and Early Chinese Thought. By Kwong...University Press, 1997. Pp. xii + 295. With Mencius and Early Chinese Thought, Kwong-Loi...traditional and modern interpretations of the Mencius. He taps both Western translations and...
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Meno and Mencius: two philosophical dramas.
Magazine article from: Philosophy East and West; 7/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...between Meno and Socrates and between Mencius and King Xuan are philosophical dramas...describe by disciples of Socrates and Mencius. The authors had a number of motives...the future. The conversation between Mencius and Xuan, on the other hand, has deeply...
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The concept of fate in Mencius.
Magazine article from: Philosophy East and West; 10/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; The concept of fate in Mencius is by no means a new theme in the study...Particularly on the question of whether Mencius upheld the doctrine of unalterable and...meanings of the term ming as used by Mencius -- life, moral decree, and fate...
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EMOTIONAL CONTROL AND VIRTUE IN THE MENCIUS.
Magazine article from: Philosophy East and West; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...does one acquire these attitudes? In the Mencius (Meng Zi ?? ??)(1) we find answers...that seems very much taken for granted in Mencius scholarship: that according to the Mencian...necessary for full moral development. Mencius takes the possession of attitudes that...
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Mencius and Early Chinese Thought.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 4/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...appear in the title, Kwong-Loi Shun's Mencius and Early Chinese Thought is an analysis of ethics in the Mencius. Shun's goal is to "further our understanding...privileges interpretations that either make Mencius (the person) as coherent as possible...
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Mencius
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Mencius Mencius (ca. 371-ca. 289 B.C.) was a Chinese philosopher and one of the...philosophers emerged, and the most brilliant of these philosophers was Mencius. Mencius elaborated on and refined many of the ideas of Confucius, and...
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Humanity: Asian Thought
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
...must consciously strive to actualize it. Mencius (Mengzi, c. 371 – c. 289...actualize this potential. According to Mencius, the path to perfection begins with cultivation...sages to emulate their example. After Mencius, the notion that human nature is basically...
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Confucianism
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
...wealth and power. Warring States Confucianism Until the time of Mencius (Mengzi; c. 371 – c. 289 b.c.e.) the principal...proper performance of the rites. The text that bears the name Mencius confirms historians' judgments that this era, the height...
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Chinese literature
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Yung [doctrine of the mean] from the Li Chi, the Lun Yü [analects of Confucius], and the Book of Mencius (see Mencius ). Other important early books include the Tao Te Ching [classic of the way and its power], traditionally ascribed...
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Justice in East Asian Thought
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
...developments: the pioneer sage, Confucius; the apologist, Mencius (Master Meng; c. 371 b.c.e. – c. 289 b...D. C. Lau (Harmondsworth, U.K.: Penguin, 1979). Mencius, or "Master Meng." Political justifications for humane...
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