Do Eastern society have good standard and values? 10 points for the best advice. Thank you?

The Confucian, Taoist, Buddhist, and Hindu traditions all emphasize what is called in Japanese ';shugyo';--';self-cultivation.';





This is similar to Abraham Maslow's ';self-actualization,'; with the capstone being various spiritual insight teachings--essentially Maslow's final formulation, ';Theory Z.';





Thus, there is traditional Western materialism--what Kierkegaard termed the ';Aesthetic sphere,'; equivalent to Maslow's need-hierarchy and Sartre's existentialism. This leads to egoism, which the aforementioned traditions deplore (in Mahayana Buddhism, egoism as subject-object dualism is termed vijnana, and is to be succeeded by prajna, the wisdom of non-duality).





This non-duality or de-emphasis on ';egoism'; is the basis of Buddhism, Taoism, Shintoism, Hinduism, and Confucianism.





What Kierkegaard termed the ';Ethical sphere,'; or that sphere which develops upon reflection and selection of what is important in the Aesthetic nowness historical experience, is the basis for both the Eastern ethicism and Maslowian social esteem.





Kierkegaard's summary sphere, the ';Religious'; or ';Spiritual,'; is the realization of the numinous in the Aesthetic and Ethical. This is bodhicitta, or enlightenment, in the Eastern wisdom teachings, what Bergson termed elan vital, and William James identified as the living stream of being undergirding awareness.





Shan-tao, a 7th century Chinese master of the process, described it in a parable: there is a river, with two currents divided by a thin white line, over which line one must cross, from the illusions and dangers of this impure existence. Lord Gautama urges us to move across the river on this line of Dharma to the Pure Land where Amida Buddha beckons as Immeasurable Light and Life.





The two currents, one on either side of the white line, are anger as fire, and greed as water: in fine, with the worldly illusions and dangers, constituting what Shan-tao called ';three kinds of imminent death.';





This understanding parallels Jesus' teaching that those who keep the Word of Life do not see death, and that those who seek to save their mortal existence lose it. Paul's ';I die [ascend] daily'; and Mohammad's ';Die before you die'; import the same understanding.





On the negative side, typical Eastern lassitude and fatalism, false hierarchical dictatorships by darker leadership, are a result of the lack of what in the West is termed ';enlightened self-interest,'; the ';individuality'; of the pioneer, the small property owners at England's Magna Carta, etc.





Thus, the true practice of ';self-cultivation,'; whether Kierkegaardian, Maslowian, or Confucian, and so forth, correctly finds Presence--even as ';neti, neti,'; or mastery of Voidness--to be how individuals best contribute to an orderly, ethical society, even a Hobbesian rational morality type of society.





';The Path of the Higher Self,'; Mark Prophet, is an excellent teaching example of such ';enlightened self-interest.';Do Eastern society have good standard and values? 10 points for the best advice. Thank you?
1) Eastern Societies worship the aged, in order to gain Wisdom.





2) Western Societies worship youth, in order to remain vibrant and alive.





3) Eastern Socities worship the aged, at the cost of not recognizing the strengths of its youth.





4) Western Socities worship youth, at the cost of not recognizing the strengths of the aged.





5) If ever we were to integrate the two-dividing-paradigms of our world { Youth versus Aged } then we realize that both sets of weaknesses and strengths, at least, in capacity are allready within us ready to be tapped into.





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A) Remind Children to respect their Elders without necesarrily obeying them!





B) Remind our Elders, that it is through Naive-hopes{such as mine} that the world has changed in the history of old for the better, and we shouldn't stifle the youth in their attempts for a better tomorrow, and to intervene only when harm to self or others is likely.Do Eastern society have good standard and values? 10 points for the best advice. Thank you?
remember, these are generalizations.





Eastern societies often emphasize unity, hard work, group work, modesty, pride, etc... (on the other hand, Western societies emphasize individuality, self-reward, etc...) Obviously, Eastern culture, just like every other culture, has its pluses and minuses. This culture puts great importance on communal activities, forcing its people to work together for a cause. Of course, this is a plus. Though, many times people of Eastern culture lack self-confidence and a sense of individual identity. They may put their own desires to the side to satisfy those around them. On the other hand, this kind of structured society pushes its people to perform to their highest ability. (eastern countries pretty much kill western ones in academic testing, especially at the secondary school level) It emphasizes tolerance, and public modesty.





Personally, I believe that everything comes out to a perfect balance, or a zero. Everything has its good assets, but also an equal amount of bad ones.