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Philosophy - Confucianism Precepts

The Beauty of This Path:

For me, Confucianism comes closest to achieving the karmic ideal of what the Christians call "praying without ceasing" in that their lives are their prayers. The Confucian philosophy can best be described as "principles and precepts, not prayers!" The essence of Confucianism can be summed up by this simple phrase: "the cultivation of the person is the root of everything!" Confucius himself believed that prayers detracted from life in that too much focus on them interfered with the all important "cultivation of the person."

Philosophy - Confucianism Precepts

Prayer in Honor of Confucianism (from the Cao Dai faith)

In the cinnamon-scented tower, Above the Palace of Van Thi (Confucius), Ninety-five incarnations, Sowing charmed poetic seeds. Hundred thousand transformations, Manifested lightning quick, And miraculous as a mountain of pheasants, Always persevering, Expressing a mountain of goodwill,

The goal to cultivate virtue, Bringing honor to parents and Country.
Intuiting in dreams the way of service, To one another.
Having compassion for the miserable, Building humaneness and piety,
Becoming saintly through compassion, Cultivating mind and honor.
Piety, virtue, faithfulness, compassion; Even treasure to a king.

These are the attributes of Confucianism. Confucius engendered prosperity, of the human spirit, As a lord who lifts his people. Through purification he gained his insights, As well as sincerity and equanimity, And was sainted therefore, with deep wisdom and unbounded humanity.

Below are some of Confucius' more prayer-like sayings:

"Things being understood, knowledge became complete.
Their knowledge being complete, their thoughts were sincere.
Their thoughts being rectified, their persons were cultivated.
Their persons being cultivated, their families were regulated.
Their families being regulated, their states were rightly governed.
Their states being rightly governed, their whole empire was made happy.
From the Emperor to the masses, all must consider the cultivation of the person, the root of everything."

"To put the world in order, we must put the nation in order.
To put the nation in order, we must put the family in order.
To put the family in order, we must nurture our personal life.
To cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right."

To achieve order:
"Plant a thought, reap an act.
Plant an act, reap a habit.
Plant a habit, reap a character.
Plant a character, reap a destiny."

"The man who, in the view of gain, thinks of righteousness;
who, in the view of danger, is prepared to give up his life;
and who does not forget an old agreement however far back it extends;
such a man may be judged to be a complete man."

"One joy dispels a hundred cares."

"Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart."

"Study the past if you would divine the future."

"Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves."

"Do not treat others as you yourself would not be treated."