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fromHyperallergic
1 day ago

Leah Ki Yi Zheng's Personal I Ching

Leah Ke Yi Zheng synthesizes Western oil painting and Eastern ink painting, redefining cultural histories in her art.
Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
1 day ago

How to Embrace Being "More" Spiritual

Awareness of the transcendent reveals depth and meaning in life, fostering spiritual growth and a sense of oneness with the world.
fromPhilosophynow
3 days ago

Love & Emptiness in the Sufi Tradition

Rumi argues that to love is to enter the unknown: to love is to empty the self of all self-knowledge entirely. He believes that emptiness is a paradoxical state of infinite fullness, allowing for the purest form of love and union with the divine.
Philosophy
#chinese-zodiac
fromThe New Yorker
3 weeks ago

How China Learned to Love the Classics

It wasn't until Whitmarsh had been herded into the main hall that he grasped what he'd signed up for: 'a geopolitical event, not an intellectual one,' as he put it, with hosts including Greece and China's ministries of culture.
World politics
Mindfulness
fromBusiness Insider
3 weeks ago

I meditated with a Japanese Zen monk who works with Fortune 500 companies. I had meditation all wrong.

Meditation is simpler and more attainable than commonly perceived; it does not require thinking about nothing.
Philosophy
fromWarpweftandway
1 month ago

Conference: Ethics in Chinese Philosophy

HKUST's Division of Humanities hosts an international conference on Ethics in Chinese Philosophy, examining Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism to address modern challenges through traditional ethical frameworks.
Cooking
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

Prosperity Toss Salad (Yu Sheng / Lo Hei)

Yu sheng is a Lunar New Year salad of sashimi and long-sliced vegetables and fruit with auspicious ingredients and flexible components symbolizing prosperity.
Yoga
fromYoga Journal
1 month ago

Yin Yoga for When You Want (Need!) an Intense Stretch

A 60-minute yin yoga sequence uses long still holds (about three minutes each) with variations to intensely release the entire body without forcing depth.
Travel
fromConde Nast Traveler
1 month ago

In the Year of the Fire Horse, Travel as a Herd-and Other Tips From the Zodiac

The Year of the Fire Horse brings intensified energy favoring movement, travel, social connection, decisive action, and applying lessons learned in the Snake year.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Asian Stoicism

Exaggerated emotional restraint in traditional Asian cultures limits parental affirmation, risking children's sense of unconditional love and healthy development.
Design
fromArchDaily
2 months ago

Su Dongpo's Pleasures at Banhu Ridge / AOMOMO Studio, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

A post station follows a hairpin bend using cantilevered arcs to reconcile steep slopes and highway alignment, anchored by a roof‑piercing golden trumpet tree.
Photography
fromdesignyoutrust.com
1 month ago

Breathtaking Animeinspired Scenes Mixing Religious Symbolism And Scifi Vibes in Ink Drawings by Feng Wei

A curated collection of contemporary and vintage visual art, street art, photography, and creative pop-culture projects from global artists.
fromWIRED
2 months ago

23 Ways You're Already Living in the Chinese Century

A decade ago, China's political leaders laid out an ambitious industrial plan: By 2025, they pledged, their country would be a world capital, with the goal of moving from "Chinese speed to Chinese quality, the transformation of Chinese products to Chinese brands." This is the difference, they wrote, between "Made in China" and "Created in China." At WIRED, we never take what the government (ours or anybody else's) says at face value.
World news
fromFuncheap
2 months ago

Atomic vs Satori

Come join us for the clash (more like a love-fest) of two beloved San Jose staple nights! Satori and Atomic have been putting on memorable dance parties in San Jose full of new and classic Goth, Darkwave, New Wave, Electro, Indie and Industrial for decades. For one night only, we unite to play all the bangers until you just can't dance anymore!
Music
Yoga
fromYoga Journal
2 months ago

This Underrated Aspect of Yoga Can Seriously Deepen Your Practice

Mudras are consistent, symbolic hand gestures in Indian art and yoga that communicate spiritual meanings and support meditation and embodied practice.
fromFast Company
2 months ago

What Taoism can teach us about learning in the age of AI

As our attention spans and cognitive abilities are increasingly damaged by digital overuse and AI-mediated shortcuts, the ability to focus deeply and learn something in depth is quickly becoming a critical skill. Never have we had such broad access to information. And never have so many people felt unable to concentrate long enough to truly master anything. Learning is everywhere, yet depth feels elusive.
Mindfulness
Philosophy
fromWarpweftandway
2 months ago

ToC: Asian Philosophy 36:1

Buddhist, Confucian, Daoist, and Islamic mystical traditions examine creation, uncertainty, relational personhood, epistemic virtues, commitment, and critiques of Confucian self-cultivation.
Philosophy
fromThe Conversation
1 month ago

How women are reinterpreting the menstrual taboos in Chinese Buddhism

Many religions treat menstruation and childbirth as ritual pollution, restricting women's access to sacred sites and religious roles; some taboos persist.
Mindfulness
fromBustle
2 months ago

According To TikTok, Everyone Has A Tarot Card Of The Year

Calculate a tarot 'card of the year' for 2026 by summing birth month, day, and 2026, reducing to a major-arcana number that guides yearly focus.
Philosophy
fromWarpweftandway
2 months ago

Collaborative Learning Roundtables on the Zhuangzi

Call for 100–250-word abstracts for Zhuangzi roundtables on humor, irony, and absurdity, scheduled April–May; indicate English or Mandarin; events free and open.
fromAeon
1 month ago

The Japanese ethics of 'ningen' dethrones the Western self | Aeon Essays

In Rinrigaku, Watsuji argues that ethics is the study of what it means for us to be human. How we think about the nature of human existence, he says, dictates the ways in which we understand our ethical values. Hence, he criticises Western philosophical conceptions of the modern subject, arguing that the Western rendering of subjectivity is both problematic and foreign
Philosophy
fromWarpweftandway
2 months ago

New Book: Blake, Standards and Reference in Early Chinese Philosophy of Language

Philosophy of Language in Early China characterizes early Chinese philosophy of language through a focus on standards (' fa') and the activity of giving examples (' ju '). It argues that standards are understood by early Chinese philosophers to provide the groundwork for judgment and language, not only in the Mohist school, but also in other thinkers from the Warring States and early Han, particularly the Zhuangzi and Xunzi.
Philosophy
fromWarpweftandway
1 month ago

Confucian Web Top 10 Books of 2025

当代儒学发展开始突破传统哲学和思想史范式解读,更注重从宗教属性、文明维度挖掘儒学价值,且强调儒学与公共生活、历史实践的结合,影响日益全面且深入,彰显了儒学强大而持久的生命力。
Philosophy
Philosophy
fromWarpweftandway
2 months ago

Episode 30 of "This Is the Way": Confucianism and Reverential Reading

Reverential attention combines disciplined bodily posture, sustained alertness, deep familiarization, reflective personalization, and ongoing doubt to make reading transformative yet objective.
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