The ancient Sanskrit word ahimsa, meaning noninjury, is the doctrine ofrefraining from the harming ofothers. It is the central teaching ofJainism, Hinduism and Buddhism. As an ethical principle, we find it in the Judea-Christian concept of the Golden Rule that holds that we should not do to others what we would not have them do to us. And it is implicit in the medical maxim "physician do no har...

The purpose of the article is to consider Japanese coloratives as signs national code linguoculture from point view their content-symbolic and modeling aspects significance. combination basic clarified; pictorial, expressivepsychological, aesthetic functions are revealed. It established that function orients attitude object color designation in aspect status, prestige, reverence. Thus, form a l...

In this paper, I explore the implications of Max Scheler’s concept movement love, and show that movement, for him, constitutes not only core human nature but also metaphysical presupposition upon which object religious experience could be understood. argue unique way blending intellectual knowledge essences spiritual intuition, i.e., metaphysics religion, respectively, makes his position extrem...

Around the turn of seventeenth century, prolific writer-editor Deng Zhimo produced three illustrated books narrating lives Lü Dongbin (The Flying Sword), Xu Xun Iron Tree), and Sa Shoujian Enchanted Date). This article focuses on textual hybridity Zhimo’s hagiographic Saints Trilogy argues that it offers encyclopedic, practical, entertaining guidebooks for worshipping immortals pursuing Daoist ...

From the standpoint of present-day medical knowledge the story of medicine in the early colonial period is not an attractive one. The ridiculous treatment and the absurd remedies accorded the sick in that day seem valueless now. Nevertheless, the meager accounts that tell us of the medical life of that period are inspiring. One reads of the endeavors and contentions of these earnest medical pio...

Humans are participating in the sixth mass extinction, and for first time 200,000 years, our species may be on brink of extinction. We facing greatest challenges we have ever encountered, namely how to nourish eight billion people face changing climates ecologically, diminish disparity between haves have-nots economically, ease xenophobia, fear, hatred socially? Historically, tribal nature serv...

compounds used to boost crop productivity have stimulated consumer and marketer interest in organic food. Organic ingredients are generally viewed as more nutritious, cheaper, cleaner environmentally sustainable. Society is currently witnessing a revolution food intake habits people grow health-conscious. Plant-based diets (vegan diet) expected become the next for healthy living. The purpose of...