Word: sage
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...interesting to observe that the Symbionese Liberation Army [Feb. 18] did not invent its symbol, the seven-headed cobra. This is an old symbol of Hindu mythology, representing first a Naga, a sacred serpent born of Kadru and the sage Kasyapa. then the serpent-king Sesha, who is usually associated with the god Vishnu in the creation of the world. The picture of this symbol is probably taken from an esoteric book by James Churchward, The Sacred Symbols...
...DEAF COMPOSER from the 1800s and a sage from 25 centuries ago seem strangely inoffensive targets for the Chinese, even on the verge of a New Cultural Revolution. After all, both Beethoven and Confucius are subjects for personal interpretation, reflection and appreciation, and, of course, both are dead. So for China-watchers, most of whom are reluctant to accept the ends, the means of China's Hell-for-the-Revolution-of-it policy grew more confusing with the recent attacks on the sage and the composer. The enemies of the often-paranoid Chinese have never been more elusive...
...ruling class. His greatest disappointment was his own failure to gain high office and from it, implement his "Way," but he passed on his theories of governing and Goodness through his disciples. Three centuries after his death, Confucius was no longer a moral teacher, but a legendary sage, "The Master"--a status he never sought--and his teachings were finally intertwined with state policy, even though morality...
Many of his sayings are hauntingly familiar, aphoristic observations usually attributed in the West to Benjamin Franklin or some ancient Jewish sage. Truisms like "Practice what you preach," or "He who learns without thinking is lost, but he who thinks without learning is in danger" seem reasonable building blocks for any society. And no one can argue with "Do unto others as you would have them do unto...
...transform the nature of man. He wants to replace the Confucian habits of tranquillity, obedience and fatalism with a new Promethean man of struggle and combativeness. For him, Confucius continues to be a symbol of everything in China that represents hierarchy, stagnation and complacency. For that reason, the sage cannot be permitted to sleep in peace...