![]() ![]() Therefore, Moore shifts the emphasis on self in Tao Te Ching to the focus on the relationships with others. For example, Moore offers an interesting perspective on Tao Te Ching, stating that three jewels of the Tao were compassion, moderation, and humility (Moore 31). ![]() Here the goal is to see beyond the moment, to the soul” (Moore 59).įinally, other Chinese philosophies and religious movements get a brief mention in the novel. Moor describes the Hindu practices as the means to escape the low desires and to give as much food to one’s mind as one gives to his/her body: “There was no goal because there was no place to be but in the moment. In its turn, the Hindu teaching, according to Moore, presupposes that both the body and the spirit should be trained to withstand the temptations of the secular world and to cognize the truth that is concealed within one’s own self before cognizing the entire universe. And with that, all of the villagers knew that he had indeed achieved the mind of all Buddhas, or “no mind,” as we called it. “Master, we seek your most holy guidance, what can you tell us?” they cried. However, even the story seems ridiculously out of place in the context of solemnity that usually wraps any religious movement: ![]() The closest that Moore gets to defining Buddhism is retelling the story of Gaspar, the monk who was believed to have reached the Enlightenment. Moore does not offer an exact definition of what Buddhism actually is instead, he offers a cadence of ideas and stories that shape the reader’s idea of Buddhist teachings. One of the two major religious and philosophical movements in China, Buddhism is described in a rather original way in the novel. ![]()
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