Bandcock
Hindu- set at birth, many restraints, idea of pativratya or good wife=obeys husband as an inferior (eat after, walk after, sleep after, sit behind). Death of wife before husband leaving many sons is happiest death for women.China- no place for single women, arranged at first menstruation by matchmaker, husbands 10-30 years older, dowry and bride given to husband and family, no more with old family, new boss is mother-in-law, more status w/ more sons, wives can be sold w/price of grain, divorce ok by husband family, no divorce if parents of wife are dead or husband is rich now but was poor before, in death, widow has no future, doesn't have to bear children, remarriage only to lower class.Hindu- if death of husband occurs 1st, female has no right to remarry, responsibility of children, shaved head, clothes white, no jewelry, no amusements- if she mourns death and does all listed she has been forgiven all bad karma and her husband have 35 years of bliss(sati).China- value scale=positive virtues where female has 3 submissions to father, son, and husband, good behavior where wifely respect for in-laws, negative behavior where female licentiousness, and evil behavior where wives have jea
The extension of knowledge is by investigation of things. Wealthy families adopt girls to be wives for their sons (taught as good daughter-in-law)= thought as educating girl is to weed someone else's garden. ///three stage of life-chikuii bardo- moment of death choenyial burdo- dream like state sidpa bardo- judgment by the lord of death 49 days later reincarnation. Moved around India and now throughout the world//////conf. No privatization, no sati, divorce and remarriage. Early death is due to destructive human tendencies, which interferes with natural harmony of man and nature. Buddhism- will reincarnated until reach nirvana, nirvana "blow out the candle" idea, you never taste suffering of death- 3 stages of death= 1-death mindfulness-birth always comes from death, 2-meditations on the dead-for death preparation, 3-moment of death-concentrate to get good karma. /////Land-Human ratio- china idea that land means wealth, trade looked down allHinduism-Buddism-Confusianism-Taoism:orgins///Hiduism-india, still there, by one man/individualBuddhism-no one single person original it/steamed off of Hinduism. Te: good for government, means power, ethical.
Common topics in this essay:
Issues- Hindu-male,
Ideas- Hindu-,
Creative Quietude-,
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Consist Chinese,
Confucianism- Spontaneous,
Vedas Householder,
Moved India,
Wu Wei-,
heaven= personal,
heaven= personal destiny,
destiny ancestor,
personal destiny,
husband family,
49 days,
harmony nature,
placement tests,
deliberate tradition-,
personal destiny ancestor,
suffering stop,
3 stages,
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