Eastern philosophy encompasses several traditions including Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism. Some key aims of Eastern philosophy are finding inner self, balance in life, and spiritual approach through intuition over intellect. Hinduism believes in a cosmic unity and that all living beings have the same soul. Buddhism teaches that suffering can be eliminated through desire and ego removal to reach Nirvana. Taoism views the universe as governed by a fundamental principle called the Tao and sees opposites like yin and yang as fundamental forces. Confucianism focuses on ethics and morality through concepts like treating others how you want to be treated.

1. EASTERN PHILOSOPHY
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2. AIMS OF PHILOSOPHY
• Cosmological unity
• Behavioral ethics
• Relationship with religion
• Social integration
• Intuition over intellect
• Collectivism
• Self improvement
• Find inner self
• Find balance in human life
• Spiritual approach

3. EASTERN PHILOSOPHY
• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Taoism
• Confucianism
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• Arabic

4. HINDUISM
• It a religious culture around 1500-2000 B.C
• Their literature is Vedas,the bodies of knowledge.
• Hold the universe to be all one, Brahman.
• Everything has same soul in all living being.
• The purpose of life is to find enlightenment
• The cycle of birth and death goes on
• Karma- chain of causes. All of our actions will
eventually have consequences
• Desire is the root of all evil.

5. BUDDHISM
• A philosophical tradition, founded by Gautama
Siddhartha Buddha in the 5th
century B.C
• Buddhism attempts to conquer the suffering
through the elimination of desire and ego and
attainment of the state of nirvana.
• Nirvana- permanent liberation from life, become
one with the universe.
• Four Noble Truths
(1) suffering
(2) causes
(3) elimination
(4) enlightened living

6. TAOISM
• Lao tzu was the founder of Taoism,
• Taoism is based on the idea that all the change in
the world lies one fundamental, universal principle:
the Way or Tao.
• Something and Nothing produce each other
• Contractive and expansive forces in the universe
• Two principles which oppose one another in their
actions, yin and yang. All the opposites one
perceives in the universe can be reduced to one of
the opposite forces.
• passivity, calm, humility ,develop intuition and build
up personal power

7. CONFUCIANISM
• Confucius was a founder of this Chinese thought.
• It is concerned with morality ,social ethics.
• His teaching treat other as you would like to be treated.
• What you don’t desire for yourself, don’t do to others.
• Deal with the great while it is yet small.
• Family is metaphor for society to develop.
• Ethics concerned with humanness .
• No need for physical punishment and law
• Build the character of individual.
• All human beings are alike at birth.

8. MYSTICISM
• Represents a mystical, theosophical, and ascetic
• Becoming one with absolute pure
• Secret experience of something spiritual.
• Intuitive understanding of reality
• All sort of esoteric traditions and practice unite.
• Purification of heart turning it away all except God.
• Divine love is the essence of mysticism.
• Attainment f ultimate universal one truth.
• (Self) transformation by practices and actions.