The first 500 people to click this link will get a 2 month free trial of Skillshare: http://skl.sh/tsol4

Eastern philosophy has all the same goals as Western philosophy: it too seeks to make us wiser and more serene. However, the way it goes about its task shows a great deal more variety and imagination: in the East, there are lessons to be learnt in tea ceremonies, in flower arranging, in the repair of vases and in the ritual contemplation of rivers. An introduction to six of the most fascinating concepts of Eastern philosophy.

Enjoying our Youtube videos? Get full access to all our audio content, videos, and thousands of thought-provoking articles, conversation cards and more with The School of Life Subscription: https://t.ly/iFe--

Be more mindful, present and inspired. Get the best of The School of Life delivered straight to your inbox: https://t.ly/I4lIM

FURTHER READING

“Eastern Philosophy has always had a very similar goal to Western philosophy: that of making us wiser, less agitated, more thoughtful and readier to appreciate our lives. However, the way it has gone about this has been intriguingly different. In the East, Philosophy has taught its lessons via tea drinking ceremonies, walks in bamboo forests, contemplations of rivers and ritualised flower arranging sessions. Here are a few ideas to offer us the distinctive wisdom of a continent and enrich our notions of what philosophy might really be…”

You can read more on this here: https://goo.gl/mKAjp5

MORE SCHOOL OF LIFE

Watch more films on SELF in our playlist:
http://bit.ly/TSOLphilosophy

You can submit translations and transcripts on all of our videos here: https://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_...
Find out how more here: https://support.google.com/youtube/an...

SOCIAL MEDIA

Feel free to follow us at the links below:

Facebook:   / theschooloflifelondon  
Twitter:   / theschooloflife  
Instagram:   / theschooloflifelondon  

CREDITS

Produced in collaboration with:

Mad Adam
http://madadamfilms.co.uk/work.html #TheSchoolOfLife