Asian Unit Study Guide Flashcards
Who was the first Buddha?
Siddhartha Guatama
Describe three elements of Zen Buddhism
Physical exercise
Meditation
Discipline
What is nirvana
Buddhist enlightenment
What is dharma
Dapharma Buddhist teachings
What is Karma?
What comes around goes around
Who is the 28 Buddha?
Gotama Buddha
Explain 3 legends regarding the 28 Buddha
Went into a cave, stared at wall for 9 years, cut off eye lids, and created green tea to stay awake while staring at the wall. And created Shaolin monastery
Name some zen activities
Meditation, yoga, gardening
What is zen aesthetic?
It is like simplicity, lots of discipline, and be open to growth.
How are the overflowing tea cups and enso good metaphors for zen?
Tea cup relates to humans in that we are overwhelmed with distractions and thoughts. Enso is the circle so it shows your concentration level.
Why were the Samurai drawn to Zen Buddhism?
Because it is a discipline way of thinking and it fits the samurai way.
Hagakure and bushido shoshinshu are both what types of books?
They are samurai manuals
What is Bushido?
Bushido is the way of the warrior
What is seppuku/harakirri?
The way of killing yourself with a sword into the stomach and it restores your honor.
Haiku Symbolism is?
The number one trait of haiku is symbolism. Symbolism is an allegory.
Haiku kigo is?
Kigo is the season word.
Haiku kireji is?
It is the pause/break/cut off
Haiku Zen world-life is? (Life is transitory)
This life is a transition to the next
Haiku wabi sabi is?
When you take old things and make them simple.
Who is the famous writer of Haiku? What does his name mean?
Matsho Basho. His name means banana tree.
How can Matsho’s Haiku be interpreted?
The samurai death.
We are the drop and we will soon be dead.
How do the two different river stories contribute to the films commentary or environmental degradation?
Whenever Sen cleans a river spirit and Haku’s river got built over with apartments so he couldn’t remember his name.
What do no-face and and Chihiro’s parents suggest about consumption and greed? How does Chihiro differ from them?
That greed and consumption never benefits you in the end. Chihiro didn’t consume the food and didn’t turn into a pig while her parents did eat food and turn into pigs.
What does Chihiro discover about life and about herself? How is her story mirrored by the story of Yubaba’s baby?
She becomes less afraid of life and that she can control it and that she must work hard for things that she wants. You ababa baby was scared to leave the room because she didn’t want the germs and then he came outside and saw what was right and wrong.
Rashomon & in a grove
Rashomon- about a guy who values honor then meets a woman stealing hair and steals her robe
In a grove- a samurai and woman were dead in a bamboo grove, there was a bandit (tajumaru)
Study kanji characters. (Two boxes on top of eachother and to the right of that is the tree things. That means the origin.
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Love suicides
A man leaves a woman and child are left, and turn emotionally dead
Shinto
Religion with belief of spirits (kami) in everything and purification
“Saving face”
Protecting your family name
Torii
Shinto gate, enter in and go in spirit world
Filial piety
Confucius respect for parents and ancestors
“Fall down seven times, get up eight”
Never give up, and always continue on
“The nail that sticks up is hammered down”
Unlike western culture, you want to fit in and teamwork is important
How does “in the grove” exemplify non-dualism?
There is no definite answer
