Driftwood wrote: ↑May 15th, 2022, 6:54 am
Hello everyone, many thanks for having me here on the forum.
I was wondering if you all could recommend some philosophers or schools of thought, from anywhere in the world and any point in history, who do
not come from a Christian/Muslim/Jewish background and whose ideals/philosophies contain the following elements:
- Filial piety and ancestor veneration
- Opposition to sexual promiscuity and substance abuse
- A deep reverence for animals, plants, and the natural world in general (including the belief that all things in nature have a spirit) while at the same time allowing the consumption of animal flesh
- A balanced notion of gender relations, in other words the belief that the two genders have their own unique strengths which, when combined together in partnership, can complement one another
- The basic belief that, while societal and technological progress can be encouraged, it should be built upon the foundations of ancestral tradition and should try to avoid doing things which drastically contradict those traditions
I think Confucius and Mencius tick most of the boxes there (with the possible exception of point 3). I'm curious what other recommendations you all might have
Have you.considered Hinduism among Eastern thoughts?
1. Mother, father, and teacher are considered equal to Divinity and ancestral veneration, yes
2. Chastity and dietary restrictions are necessary parts of living a mindful life that will lead to Self realization.
3. Check. Eating flesh or not are choices that are form of the mindful living. What we eat affect our temperament, emotions, actions.Each and every being exists within Brhaman, the Divinity, and nothing exists outside of it. Reverence of nature are representation of Divinity.
4. Brhman has no gender, and our true self is Brahman itself, and gender has no meaning. As long as we live a worldly life we live by the laws of biology.
5. Hinduism has no conflict with Science as everting operates within the cosmic laws.