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	<h1>WORKSHEET: TAOISM - A QUESTION OF BALANCE</h1>
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	I) Watch the film "Taoism - A Question of Balance"<br>
	II)Answer the following questions(it might help to be aware of them while you watch the film). Break into four spontaneous groups to discuss the questions.<br>
	These are the guiding questions:<br>
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Question 1: What did you learn about Confucianism in this movie?<br>
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Question 2: What is the role Confucius has in popular religion?<br>
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Question 3: What is the role of divination?<br>
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Question 4: What is a medium?<br>
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Question 5: How does divination work?<br>
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Question 6: What is the relationship between Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism?<br>
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Question 7: What did you learn about Taoism?<br>
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Question 8: What are Yin and Yang?<br>
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Question 9: What balance has to be achieved?<br>
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Question 10:How is this balance achieved?<br>
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	The important questions for this class are:<br>
Question 1: How is classical Confucianism reflected in popular Confucianism?<br>
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Question 2: How does the divination tie in with the Yin Yang cosmology and occultism we discussed in class?<br>
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Question 3: What are the metaphysical assumptions underlying the belief in divination as practiced in the film? In other words, which concepts we have discussed might be helpful in explaning this kind of divination?<br>
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Question 4: How is classical Taoism reflected in popular Taoism?<br>
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Question 5: What is the purpose of these rituals?<br>
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Question 6: How can they be explained with the theories of Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu?<br>
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	III) Discuss following question in regard to the meditation manual.<br>
Question 1: What is the goal of meditation?<br>
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Question 2: What are the practices?<br>
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Question 3: How do these practices help to achieve this goal?<br>
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Question 4: What is the relationship of these meditation practices and the writings of Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu?<br>
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Question 5: How do concepts such as the Tao explain the process of meditation?<br>
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Question 6: What is the role of forgetfullness?<br>
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Question 7: What are the physical/medical implications of this practice?<br>
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Question 8: What is Samadhi?<br>
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