{"id":40,"date":"2018-10-04T09:45:13","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T09:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rarathemesdemo.com\/the-conference-pro\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2021-05-18T10:15:11","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T10:15:11","slug":"about-the-event","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/genkuworld.com\/courses\/about-the-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Rethinking TAO-TEH-CHING for the 21st Century"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><strong>A Lecture Series on the Taoist &amp; Neo-Taoist Philosophy<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Yasuhiko Genku Kimura<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For over two millennia, before the culturally exogenous advancement of modernity, <em>Tao Teh Ching<\/em> had nurtured the Chinese (and other Oriental) people in the development of deep wisdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For over two centuries, during the culturally endogenous advancement of modernity, <em>Tao Teh Ching<\/em> has inspired the educated Western mind in the development of universal wisdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What can <em>Tao Teh Ching<\/em> offer us living in this 21st century postmodern technoscientific world?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What can we each learn from <em>Tao Teh Ching<\/em> and the Taoist &amp; Neo-Taoist philosophy in general?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this lecture series, Yasuhiko Genku Kimura will offer you an original contemporary interpretation of this timeless Chinese classic and provide you with a forum in which to answer the questions for yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lecture series consists of 12 ninety-minute lectures, 2 lectures per month, for 6 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the course of 12 lectures, the following subjects and questions are covered:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Textual study of the entire 81 chapters<\/li><li>The place of Taoism in the history of Chinese philosophy<\/li><li>The four stages of development of Taoism<\/li><li>A comparative study of Taoism with some major Western philosophers including Founding Fathers<\/li><li>A comparative study of Taoism with some schools of Buddhism and Hinduism<\/li><li>What can you learn from <em>Tao Teh Ching<\/em> for your own life and self-development?<\/li><li>What can <em>Tao Teh Ching <\/em>(Taoism &amp; Neo-Taoism) offer humanity of the 21st Century?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yasuhiko Genku Kimura is an integral philosopher, former Zen Buddhist priest, and the author of <em>The Book of Balance<\/em>, a translation of <em>Tao Teh Ching<\/em> (\u8001\u5b50\u9053\u5fb3\u7d4c), acclaimed by many scholars and experts in the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA good translator of <em>Tao Teh Ching<\/em> . . . must also be an integral thinker in both science (this-worldly knowledge) and spirituality (otherworldly knowledge) . . . 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