A member of the Union Internationale du Cinema Non Professionnel (UNICA) practices Zen meditation as part of a temple stay at Bongeun Temple in Samseong-dong, Seoul on Wednesday. UNICA is an affiliated organization of UNESCO for non-professional filmmakers./Yonhap
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Also found this profile today: Pyochungsa Temple
One notes that the neo-Confucians developed their own brand of meditation, especially in response to the Buddhists and Daoists, though one can find roots in the Da Xue, The Great Learning. (What was meditation during the time of the Warring States period like?) I have not seen any texts discussing the method of sitting meditation or quiet sitting; my guess is that they do exist somewhere. Cultivation of xin ("mind-heart") was emphasized as a part of proper moral development.
Confucian moral cultivation isn't necessarily pelagian, just as Aristotelian inculcation in the virtues isn't necessarily pelagian. However, I wonder if meditation, whether it be Confucian, Buddhist, Dao, or some popular form, especially as it is found in Asian martial arts, doesn't promise more than it can deliver. (Especially if the account of meditation is tied to some version of a physical theory involving qi, and so cultivation of qi then becomes identical with moral cultivation/cultivation of xin.)
Some articles on Neo-Confucian cultivation:
The sudden/gradual paradigm and Neo-Confucian mind-cultivation
Some Ming Buddhist Responses to Neo-Confucianism
Morality or beyond: The Neo-Confucian confrontation with Mahaayaana Buddhism
Confucian Education: A Moral Approach
Heaven and Humanity in Confucian Thought and Practice (Joseph Adler faculty page)
The Principal Figures of Neo-Confucianism
IEP entry
Confucianism and Chinese Tradition
Topics in Premodern Chinese History (see Ch 9, Later Confucianism)
A Confucian Path from conscientiousness to spontaneity
2 Chapters from Chinese Foundations for Moral Education and Character Development
Chapter 10: Diagram of the Admonition on "Rising Early and Retiring Late"
Michael C. Kalton's To Become a Sage--The Essence of Neo-Confucianism
Neo-Confucianism and the Japanese Martial Arts
Wm. Theodore de Bary page
The Message in the Mind in Neo-Confucianism
Thomas Hosuck Kang CV
"An Observation on Confucian Meditation (Quiet-Sitting) of the Toegye School and International Conference on the Toegye School of Neo-Confucianism: Sponsored by Tsukuba University, Tokyo, Japan, August 27-29, 1985.
Bibliographies:
Another bibliography for Confucianism. (Plus the Xiao Jing, The Classic of Filial Piety.)
Bibliography by Colin Jeffcott
Confucianism and Ecology bibliography, by Dr. Berthrong (Conference participants)
Miscellaneous:
East-West Center
An oldie: The Quiet Lives of Confucian Scholars
The Sudden/Gradual Polarity: A Recurrent Theme in Chinese Thought
"Meeting of Minds"
The Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, 2006 Conference
Quiet Sitting and Political Activism: The Thought and Practice of Sato Naokata (John A. Tucker's CV)
Religious Conflict in Bakumatsu Japan: Zen Master Imakita Kosen and Confucian Scholar Higashi Takusha
Appropriation of quiet sitting by T'einti Teachings? Center for Confucian Science???
Quanzhen Daoism; Buddhist Digital Libray and Museum; Zen by Fritjof Capra
"Meditation"
There are plenty of other online sources for Zen and the like, but I'll save those for another post...
Watcher, it's not quite a Lexus but close...
Business - August. 25, 2006
Models introduce Mercedes-Benz’s New Generation E-Class sedan at a hangar of Korean Airline in Gwahae-dong, Seoul on Thursday morning./Newsis
Power Mercedes: Models demonstrate Mercedes-Benz New Generation E-Class, a dynamic sedan, in a Korean Air hangar in Konghang-dong, western Seoul, Thursday.
/ Korea Times Photo by Hong In-kee 08-24-2006 20:05
TV Presenters in Hot Water Over Sexy Photo Spread
Presenters from Korea’s three terrestrial networks -- MBC's Lee Jung-min, KBS's Kim Kyoung-ran, and SBS's Kim Ji-yeon -- have all posed for a sexy photo shoot that will appear in the September issue of men's magazine Arena.
In a press release, the magazine says the sexy transformation of the three was due to the makeup, revealing clothes and hairstyle they sport in the shots. Along with the release, the magazine sent a sneak preview of the three in relatively suggestive outfits. Lee Jung-min (MBC) appears in an off-the-shoulder dress, Kim Ji-yeon's outfit shows off her chest, and Kim Kyoung-ran's getup emphasizes her waist.
But trouble is brewing since a couple of the presenters failed to report their external activity to their employers, as required by company policy. Guardians of morality also say it is unacceptable for figures on public television, where a certain level of dignity needs to be preserved, to appear in suggestive photographs.
MBC says Lee Jung-min made no report before shooting the photo spread, in a “clear violation” of company policy, "After receiving the details, we will decide what measures to take," it said. "According to Lee's explanation, she received an assurance from the magazine that it would not run any advance PR and said that the content of the spread are far from suggestive, Lee herself appears to have been fooled, so we will most likely be able to allow for extenuating circumstances.” Lee has declined to comment.
SBS says it was a mistake of Kim Ji-yeon not let the company know, but the magazine may not have been on the straight and narrow, so there is no need for disciplinary measures. KBS is also looking into the details, but Kim Kyoung-ran had told the company about the shoot in advance, and since her pictures cannot be said to have been any more provocative than those of the other presenters, there does not seem to be a problem.
Lee Jung-min hosts MBC's "Wonder World", "Sports News" and "Sports Magazine." Kim Kyoung-ran hosts KBS's "Sponge," "Open Concert" and "Movie Conquest", while Kim Ji-yeon presents the SBS show "Morning Wide."
Kim Ji-yeon
Lee Jung Min
Kim Kyoung-ran
(englishnews@chosun.com )
Woo, I have been in American too long, I don't see much that is racy or suggestive; while these photos were done for Arena, one can find comparable photos in American fashion magazines for women. The culture war in Korea's mass media continues. While singers and actors/actresses can pose for such photos, those who are in positions of "authority" (e.g. those who report news and such) are held to more strict/conservative standards of decorum.
Review of No Mercy for the Rude
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