Podcast appearances and mentions of anna sun

Owen Flanagan's newest book details his 20-year dependence on alcohol and pills — and outlines his research on what addiction can tell us about the nature of consciousness. SOURCES:Owen Flanagan, philosopher, neurobiologist, and professor emeritus at Duke University. RESOURCES:What Is It Like to Be an Addict?: Understanding Substance Abuse, by Owen Flanagan (2025).Consciousness Reconsidered, by Owen Flanagan (1993).Against Happiness, by Owen Flanagan, Joseph E. LeDoux, Bobby Bingle, Daniel M. Haybron, Batja Mesquita, Michele Moody-Adams, Songyao Ren, Anna Sun, and Yolonda Y. Wilson. (2023).The Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized, by Owen Flanagan (2013).The Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a Material World, by Owen Flanagan (2009).Big Book, by Alcoholics Anonymous."Impact of the DSM-IV to DSM-5 Changes on the National Survey on Drug Use and Health," by Cristie Glasheen, Kathryn Batts, Rhonda Karg, Jonaki Bose, Sarra Hedden, and Kathryn Piscopo (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2016). EXTRAS:"Professor Carl Hart Argues All Drugs Should Be Legal — Can He Convince Steve?" by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021).Drug Use for Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear, by Carl Hart (2021).

Anna Sun, an Associate Professor at Duke University, holds a Princeton PhD in Sociology and is a prominent scholar in the field of religion and culture. Her research focuses on Confucianism as a world religion, gender and Global Confucianism, comparative studies of prayer and ritual, and methodological issues in studying East Asian religions. Throughout her career, Professor Sun has been a fellow at prestigious institutions such as the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. She is actively involved in various academic organizations, including serving as a trustee of the Fetzer Institute and being part of the Advisory Committee for the "Women's Studies in Religion Program" at Harvard Divinity School. Additionally, she is an advisor for the Pew Research Center on surveys of religion in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the US (Asian-Americans). Professor Sun has held leadership positions as Chair of the Board of Directors of ASIANetwork, Vice President of the Society for the Study of Chinese Religions, and Co-Chair of the Chinese Religions Unit of the American Academy of Religion. Among her notable publications are "Confucianism as a World Religion: Contested Histories and Contemporary Realities," which received book awards from the American Academy of Religion and the American Sociological Association. She has also co-edited "Situating Spirituality: Context, Practice, and Power" and co-authored "Against Happiness," exploring comparative notions of wellbeing. Currently, Professor Sun is working on two monographs: one focusing on Global Confucianism and the other examining contemporary ritual life in relation to magic, rationality, gender, time, and urban space.

We're live from In Between Days Music Festival with Yoke Lore, the talented independent folk pop artist originally hailing from Katonah, New York. In this episode, Yoke Lore, previously a member of Walk the Moon and the mastermind behind their breakout hit "Anna Sun," sits down with Music You're Missing host Brendan Jeannetti to dive into his remarkable musical journey.Currently on the US leg of The Holy Havoc Tour, Yoke Lore is gearing up for the release of his highly anticipated debut album, "Toward a Never Ending New Beginning."In this engaging conversation recorded outside his green room at In Between Days, Yoke Lore opens up about the festival experience, shares insights about his upcoming album, and even recounts a hilarious encounter with comedian Nick Kroll.Don't miss out on Yoke Lore's music – listen now on the Music You're Missing Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5Uj5cxuTitTFGwxI9RPCwT?si=76719a8c19b24240Follow Yoke Lore's musical journey:https://www.yokelore.com/Stay tuned to Music You're Missing for more artist interviews and music recommendations:https://www.musicyouremissing.org/Connect with host Brendan Jeannetti:https://www.instagram.com/brendanjeannetti/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanjeannetti/Music You're Missing is a top music podcast based in Boston Massachusetts.

Anna Sun Choi is an Energy Mastery Trainer, Taekwondo Black Belt, Two-time TEDx Speaker, and Forbes Author committed to elevating humanity's consciousness by empowering high achieving conscious entrepreneurs, coaches, consultants, advisors, healers, wellness professionals, and business leaders to find peace in chaos while energetically aligning their life and business with their True Self. https://soljoy.life/ Empower Your Voice is a podcast and YouTube show that helps people get to the bottom of what is stopping them from using their voice to the fullest, whether on the stage, the boardroom, or in their personal lives. Nancy Bos is a highly respected and experienced voice expert who has dedicated over three decades to the voice industry. She is an accomplished author, professional singer, keynote speaker, and thought leader. Nancy is the author of several books, including Singing Through Change: Women's Voices in Midlife, Menopause, and Beyond Singing 101: Vocal Basics and Fundamental Singing Skills for All Styles and Abilities The Teen Girl's Singing Guide: Tips for Making Your Dreams a Reality Her books provide valuable resources for singers of all levels and abilities, demonstrating Nancy's commitment to helping individuals improve their vocal abilities. In addition to her writing, Nancy is the founder of StudioBos Media, which provides high-quality educational resources such as the Celebrate Singing video library and the Empower Your Voice podcast. Nancy has also taught singing in her independent studio for over 25 years and served as adjunct faculty at various institutions including Cornish College, Seattle Pacific University, and Bellevue College. She has held various leadership roles in the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), including serving as Vice President for Membership from 2018-2020. Nancy is a member of the Recording Academy, PAVA, and is a Distinguished Voice Professional through NYSTA. Her extensive knowledge of vocal technique, physiology, performance psychology, and mindfulness practices, combined with her compassionate and effective teaching style, has made her a highly sought-after voice expert who has positively impacted the lives of many. For more information, please visit nancybos.me.

Bring ancient wisdom into the modern everyday Life with ALIVE. ALIVE is an acronym. Allow more Ying into your Yang. Listen within. Inspiring the soul first. Value your fears and energize your daily flow. When high-achieving, creative-conscious business leaders who are dealing with the chatter of their minds cut through distractions they can focus and, master their energy.   Remarkable Quotes Anna: If you are enlightened and don't use any of what you have been given, what is the point?  Travis: There are multiple ways to add value to the world. Anna: We are not the voice in our head, those are things speaking to you and through you, you can determine what actions you're going to take. Anna: The 1st 30 to 60 minutes a day, ground you for the rest of the day.   Highlights {02:00} Who is Anna Sun Choi? {04:30} The Conscious Leadership Foundation {08:45} Finding Funding {10:55} The A.L.I.V.E program {13:10} Allow more Ying to your Yang {17:15} Listen within {21:30} Inspire yourself first {27:30} Value your fears {22:00} Energize your inner flow   Anna Sun Choi's bio Anna Sun Choi, Energy Coach, Forbes Author, and TEDx Speaker serve high achieving, creative, conscious, next-gen global leaders to catalyze a tipping point in global enlightenment. Trained by two living enlightened Energy Masters, she is a lifelong energy student for the last two decades. Her work blends ancient wisdom, energy mastery, and brain education as a Dahn Master, Korean Qigong Yoga Instructor, and Taekwondo Martial Artist. A second-generation Korean American social entrepreneur and philanthropist, Anna founded the Conscious Leadership Foundation to train educators in helping their students cultivate mindfulness and emotional resilience through Brain Power Wellness. Her proudest accomplishment is water birthing her son. She's married to her best friend for 20 years in Poulsbo, WA. Anna loves being a singer-songwriter, hiking, dancing, and cooking plant-based cook, and you might see her face on billboards or subway trains as a BECU model.   Connect with Anna anna@annasunchoi.com www.annasunchoi.com, https://youtube.com/annasunchoi https://www.linkedin.com/in/annasunchoi/ https://www.facebook.com/annasunchoi https://www.facebook.com/annasunchoillc https://www.tiktok.com/@annasunchoi   Nonprofit Architect Podcast Links More Episodes http://nonprofitarchitect.org/blog   Ultimate Podcast Guide https://nonprofitarchitect.org/ultimate-podcast-guide/   Ultimate Podcast Course fully WASC accredited https://envisageconnect.com/education-training/partner-products/synergy-learning-institute/   Subscribe and Leave a Review https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nonprofit-architect-podcast/id1481292481   Get Fully Funded with Sharing the Credit https://mpro.sharingthecredit.com/appointly/appointments_public/form/DBF73E8A-7D93-438E-B42C-6683022EE380  

Bring ancient wisdom into the modern everyday Life with ALIVE. ALIVE is an acronym. Allow more Ying into your Yang. Listen within. Inspiring the soul first. Value your fears and energize your daily flow. When high-achieving, creative-conscious business leaders who are dealing with the chatter of their minds cut through distractions they can focus and, master their energy.   Remarkable Quotes Anna: If you are enlightened and don't use any of what you have been given, what is the point?  Travis: There are multiple ways to add value to the world. Anna: We are not the voice in our head, those are things speaking to you and through you, you can determine what actions you're going to take. Anna: The 1st 30 to 60 minutes a day, ground you for the rest of the day.   Highlights {02:00} Who is Anna Sun Choi? {04:30} The Conscious Leadership Foundation {08:45} Finding Funding {10:55} The A.L.I.V.E program {13:10} Allow more Ying to your Yang {17:15} Listen within {21:30} Inspire yourself first {27:30} Value your fears {22:00} Energize your inner flow   Anna Sun Choi's bio Anna Sun Choi, Energy Coach, Forbes Author, and TEDx Speaker serve high achieving, creative, conscious, next-gen global leaders to catalyze a tipping point in global enlightenment. Trained by two living enlightened Energy Masters, she is a lifelong energy student for the last two decades. Her work blends ancient wisdom, energy mastery, and brain education as a Dahn Master, Korean Qigong Yoga Instructor, and Taekwondo Martial Artist. A second-generation Korean American social entrepreneur and philanthropist, Anna founded the Conscious Leadership Foundation to train educators in helping their students cultivate mindfulness and emotional resilience through Brain Power Wellness. Her proudest accomplishment is water birthing her son. She's married to her best friend for 20 years in Poulsbo, WA. Anna loves being a singer-songwriter, hiking, dancing, and cooking plant-based cook, and you might see her face on billboards or subway trains as a BECU model.   Connect with Anna anna@annasunchoi.com www.annasunchoi.com, https://youtube.com/annasunchoi https://www.linkedin.com/in/annasunchoi/ https://www.facebook.com/annasunchoi https://www.facebook.com/annasunchoillc https://www.tiktok.com/@annasunchoi   Nonprofit Architect Podcast Links More Episodes http://nonprofitarchitect.org/blog   Ultimate Podcast Guide https://nonprofitarchitect.org/ultimate-podcast-guide/   Ultimate Podcast Course fully WASC accredited https://envisageconnect.com/education-training/partner-products/synergy-learning-institute/   Subscribe and Leave a Review https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nonprofit-architect-podcast/id1481292481   Get Fully Funded with Sharing the Credit https://mpro.sharingthecredit.com/appointly/appointments_public/form/DBF73E8A-7D93-438E-B42C-6683022EE380  

Bring ancient wisdom into the modern everyday Life with ALIVE. ALIVE is an acronym. Allow more Ying into your Yang. Listen within. Inspiring the soul first. Value your fears and energize your daily flow. When high-achieving, creative-conscious business leaders who are dealing with the chatter of their minds cut through distractions they can focus and, master their energy. (You can hear the whole episode on June 21st)

Bring ancient wisdom into the modern everyday Life with ALIVE. ALIVE is an acronym. Allow more Ying into your Yang. Listen within. Inspiring the soul first. Value your fears and energize your daily flow. When high-achieving, creative-conscious business leaders who are dealing with the chatter of their minds cut through distractions they can focus and, master their energy. (You can hear the whole episode on June 21st)

Taking time to be present amidst this fast-paced world is something most people forget to do. Aligning your energy to your goals is an essential part of leading and communicating with others, but it's often easier said than done. Anna Sun Choi, energy coach, TEDx speaker, and Forbes author is committed to elevating humanity's consciousness through guiding consultants and business leaders to master their energy habits and embody their brilliance. Stay tuned as Anna shares with us how to achieve energy mastery and convey it into simple, practical tiny steps you can take to find peace in the chaos.As always this show is brought to you by Tribe and Purpose.  You've put the work in but you're not sure how to reap the rewards. It's time to focus on the success you have planned for yourself and your team.The Tribe + Purpose team can guide you to build on that success to have even more.Learn more at www.tribe-purpose.comand connect with Anna on LinkedIn here:https://www.linkedin.com/in/annasunchoiOr her website: https://www.annasunchoi.com/

Taking time to be present amidst this fast-paced world is something most people forget to do. Aligning your energy to your goals is an essential part of leading and communicating with others, but it's often easier said than done. Anna Sun Choi, energy coach, TEDx speaker, and Forbes author is committed to elevating humanity's consciousness through guiding consultants and business leaders to master their energy habits and embody their brilliance. Anna talks to Catherine Kontos about how balancing your energy is important and how our relationships are influenced by the energy we give off. Stay tuned as Anna shares with us how to achieve energy mastery and convey it into simple, practical tiny steps you can take to find peace in the chaos. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review & share! https://retreatboss.com/podcast

Weddings! Love. Joy. Family. Friendship. Magic! Celebration!! .... Stress. Tension. Regrets. Bills. Fights. FOMO. As beautiful as these momentous milestones are meant to be, let's be real. Weddings can be as painful as they are joyous. In the whirlwind of dreams coming true under very strained budgets while juggling tons of deadlines, expectations, logistics and relationships...it can be anything but a fairytale. In this episode, Minji unpacks her issues with the insanity of modern wedding culture with her dear friend and fabulous producer - actor and mama Anna Sun. Together they share 15 weddings as bridesmaids/maids of honor, and Anna has been a bride herself. For the record, they both LOVE love and love weddings, but there's much to examine when it comes to the culture surrounding them nowadays. From price gouging to bridal party expectations, fragile relationships, pressures to perform and be perfect, toxic entitlement, cultural layers, social media, and MONEY issues, they break down some of their toughest experiences, lessons learned and the societal norms that have gotten out of hand when it comes to tying the knot. They share their battle stories to empower folks to make their special days the way they truly want, do things differently, normalize having those hard conversations and truly be surrounded by love! Follow Minji On:Twitter (@minjeeeezy)Instagram (@minjeezy)Clubhouse (@MinjiChang)▫️ Music featured in this episode include "Uzutrap" by Uzuhan and “Monster” by Meg and Dia▫️ Follow the show on Instagram and Twitter and support our Patreon▫️ This podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast CollectiveProduced by @marvinyueh & @AnnaSunSupported by @JulianaDeer 00:00:00 - Intro'ing + please be kind00:04:38 - How we feel about this topic00:07:53 - A sprinkle of positive commentary 00:13:01 - Anna's engagement story00:16:09 - The laugh/ cry moment of becoming a bridesmaid00:20:09 - ALL the pressures + expectations00:22:30 - How to prioritize ALL those decisions00:25:01 - Nonexistent convos about money as a bridesmaid 00:30:31 - Bridesmaids v groomsmen00:34:32 - BREAK - [Books & Boba Podcast]00:35:41 - [Ways to support FOA]00:37:29 - The wedding party selection00:41:13 - The BM experience (esp in our 20s)00:50:05 - Beware of becoming a bridezilla 00:54:52 - Always a bridesmaid 00:58:00 - Dealing with the guest list, parents and gift etiquette 01:08:20 - The best parts about Anna's wedding01:10:31 - What Minji loves/ would change about weddings 01:18:58 - FOA Q's for the guest01:23:41 - Outro + Music by Meg and Dia (Monster) 01:26:20 - [Modern Minorities Podcast] 

Today the trio Anna Sun released their self-titled EP, “Anna Sun” available on all digital platforms. Listen to lead-singer Samantha Aneson and I discuss the album, the very touching single, “What a Shame” and performing live during these uncertain times. Follow the band on social media @annasunband and show your support by purchasing their EP, “Anna Sun” out now. Don't forget we are @sinistergirlz everywhere, rate, subscribe, and tell a friend! We are on Stitcher, apple podcast, amazon music, and audible.

Burn out can be a common feeling among many in the Social Enterprise sector. We can find ourselves so passionate about our work that we can easily overlook the self care needed to fully sustain the energy required for a healthy work life balance.Our guest today is Anna Sun Choi. Anna found early success as she began her career, but was also finding herself in burnout, caught in the hustle and grind of social entrepreneurship. From being unwilling to spare 5 minutes a day for self care to now meditating one hour a day with up to 4 hours of self care a day, she still wakes up boundless with energy at 4am living a very full life as an energy coach, homeschool mom, taekwondo martial artist, yoga instructor, certified Brain Power Wellness educator. As a member of the Social Enterprise Alliance, she exists to serve the next generation of conscious leaders in catalyzing the tipping point for elevating humanity's consciousness to a heappier, healthier, more peaceful world. **************Anna is an Energy Coach and is committed to elevating humanity's consciousness through guiding high achieving, conscious coaches, consultants, and creatives to find peace in the chaos, master their energy habits, and embody their brilliance. Over the last two decades, she's coached hundreds of leaders from all walks of life, helping them to transform their lives. She's been invited to speak alongside Deepak Chopra, is a Forbes Author, TEDx Speaker, and was on faculty for a multimillion dollar personal and professional growth, training and development global enterprise.annasunchoi.com**************What is a Social Enterprise?A Social Enterprise is an organization created for impact. It uses a sustainable and earned income business model with a governing structure focused on stated social or environmental goals. It invests a significant portion of its revenue, profit or assets into expanding this stated mission.socialenterprise.usinfo@socialenterprise.ustoastinggood.com**************

Ted Stryker welcomes Nicholas Petricca from Walk the Moon to the Tuna on Toast studio.   Make sure to check out the new Walk the Moon album!  It was released on November 12th and it's titled HEIGHTS...it's a great album!    This episode begins with Stryker reading a tweet he sent to Walk the Moon back in 2012, it was all about the song "Anna Sun" and their concert way back then at The Echo Plex.     Nicholas tells the history of the song "Anna Sun" and how it helped propel them to the next level, Stryker learned that Anna Sun is named after a professor Nicholas had in college.   Stryker asks Nicholas about Walk the Moon's first show in Los Angeles! He tells Stryker it was at the Bootleg and he called the audience "San Francisco"!   Stryker asks Nicholas about his time at Kenyon College and what his interests were at that time.   Nicholas discusses getting signed to a major label, RCA Records, and what the factors were that lead up to that.   Nicholas then talks about the Walk the Moon live performances and how his brain works creatively when writing songs.   Stryker and Nicholas have a chat about the first band they ever opened up for....Grouplove was the first and then it was Fitz and the Tantrums who Nicholas said changed their lives.   The guys talk about pressure or lack thereof when making the new album Heights and how the pandemic affected the entire process which included not being in the same room for much of the recording.    Nicholas also shared that Meg Myers became one of his best friends.   Nicholas shares a very heartwarming and fun story about celebrating Thanksgiving this year with his Mom in an RV in SO CAL.    Stryker asks Nicholas about his Father, this leads to a very emotional story about the loss of his Dad.   As the hangout comes to a close, Nicholas talks to Stryker about coming out in July of last year, what lead to that, and, how loving and supportive so many have been.   Nicholas is a smart, talented, caring and good guy, he and his band deserve all the success they have earned, sit back, relax, and enjoy another great episode of Tuna on Toast with Stryker.   

Do you have a hard time saying no to an opportunity?How do you know when to say no?Creating a boundary around where you invest your time and energy is critical in business and life. Consider that true success is what you say no to. In this Uplift Kitsap, learn three methods to say no when vetting opportunities or decisions that will free up your time and energy and create more peace of mindPresenter Anna Sun Choi, CEO and Founder of Conscious Business Coaching, TEDx Speaker, and Forbes Author, is committed to elevating humanity's consciousness by empowering high achieving, six-figure conscious entrepreneurs to master their energy while growing their business with balance–not burnout.Anna brings over 10,000 hours of mastery in coaching on leadership development, high performance, and stress management for hundreds of conscious entrepreneurs, startups, and small businesses.

Tune in for Arthur's thoughts on The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang. Her third #ownvoices contemporary romance stars Anna Sun, a violinist who seeks out a one-night stand after her boyfriend Julian announces that they should try an open relationship before making plans to tie the knot, and Quan Diep, the tattooed and motorcycle-riding cousin of Michael Larsen from the author's debut novel The Kiss Quotient. Initially, Quan seems to fit the bill for a one-night stand, but maybe he's actually qualified for much more…? This episode also includes topics like advocation for better disability representation in media, a recitation of a Frasier scene that showcases the eponymous radio psychiatrist in all his control-freak glory, and the numerous striking similarities between The Heart Principle and The Kiss Quotient—including the fact that Quan, like Michael, is always in Cinnamon Roll Mode. TW: Autistic and caregiver burnout, parental death, implicit mention of suicidal ideation National Suicide Hotline: 1-800-784-2433 Depression Hotline: 1-630-482-9696 Spoilers start at 12:00 The Heart Principle blog review: https://2centscritic.com/2021/09/05/my-2-cents-on-the-heart-principle-by-helen-hoang/ Good Word: Two articles about 9/11 Esquire's “The Falling Man“ by Tom Junod - https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a48031/the-falling-man-tom-junod/ Sports Illustrated's “Things Are Going to Be Different Now“ by Shaker Samman - https://www.si.com/nba/2021/09/10/muslims-in-sports-after-9-11-daily-cover Reach out at email2centscritic@yahoo.com if you want to recommend things to watch and read, share anecdotes, or just say hello! Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review on iTunes or any of your preferred podcasting platforms! Follow Arthur on Twitter: @arthur_ant18 Follow the podcast on Twitter: @two_centscritic --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/arthur746/message

In this episode of Chasing the Insights, I talk to CEO and Founder of Conscious Business Coaching Anna Sun Choi. Anna takes us through how we can take practical steps to look after ourselves and avoid burnout. Anna Sun Choi, CEO and Founder of Conscious Business Coaching, TEDx Speaker, and Forbes Author, is committed to elevating humanity's consciousness by empowering high achieving, six-figure conscious entrepreneurs to master their energy while growing their business with balance--not burnout.

TRANSCRIPTION:Hallo! This is Bin Song, a philosophy and religion professor at Washington College. During the process of preparing this first unit of the course “Ru and Confucianism,” I ask myself: what do I want to say to students and friends who have never seriously learned Confucianism?Think about how historically long-standing and geographically far-reaching the tradition of Confucianism has been, and we will find this is not an easy question to answer. And the situation to urge us to ask this question is also very unique: right now, Confucianism is generating global influences beyond what it has been traditionally in its pre-modern forms. In other words, it is entering a new era to migrate from East Asia to the north Atlantic and global world, and only in an area where the Confucian thought takes a minority role, the question just asked becomes especially urgent.However, there is a convenient way to start the conversation. Just as what normally happens to people's self-introduction to each other in a new meeting, the first thing we need to remember is their names. Therefore, why not let us talk about the English name of the tradition, Confucianism?Throughout years, whenever allowable, I always try to push the conversations I was involved in about Confucianism to a realization that Confucianism is a wrong name. And my reason for this is very simple: Confucianism, this name, is not how the tradition historically called itself, and it was invented by Protestant Christian missionaries in around 19th century in a special period of western colonialism and with a very special purpose, the purpose of Christian mission, which is quite alien to the nature of the tradition those missionaries designated as such. However, a basic logic of respectfully naming is that the name we address people should sound agreeable to them; or at least, it should be recognizable by them as their name. None of these standards stands strongly in the case of “Confucianism,” and therefore, today, we should rectify our historical mistake, change it to how the tradition historically called itself, namely, the Ru tradition or Ruism. Meanwhile, what is more important is to understand what this term “Ru” means, and why the tradition chose this term as its name. I attached some articles, video and social media links below so that you can check the details if you want to know more about this sort of conversations.While I made these efforts to explain the erroneous nature of the name of Confucianism, one of the most stimulating, or “provocative” should I say, push-back my interlocutors gave is that: who cares? It is just a name. Right or wrong, people use it to make reference; and as long as it is useful in the way that people understand it whenever it is mentioned, who cares that it is a wrong name?Well, I think this push-back is particularly interesting because it can lead to an even richer conversation about almost everything related to the Ru tradition in the contemporary world. So I will try to respond to it here step by step.Firstly, scholars in the discipline of philosophy indeed do not quite care whether “Confucianism” is a wrong name or not. This is because philosophy is normally understood as not pertaining to people's religious identity. When philosophers study “Confucianism,” they think they are studying something similar to “Marxism,” “Platonism” or any other philosophical theory or doctrine that is named by a founding or major thinker.However, if we look into how the Ru tradition starts, evolves and in particular, interacts with other traditions such as Buddhism, Daoism and Catholicism, we find that largely, Ruism is indeed not a membership tradition which has a clear-cut institutional boundary between insiders and outsiders. However, a person could still strongly identify him or herself as a Ru while conversing with other people who have their strong religious identities such as with a Buddhist, Daoist, or a Jesuit Catholic. A similar case to help you understand this situation is that today, a person may decide to practice Stoicism as her comprehensive way of living; clearly, in the West, Stoicism is not a church-based religious tradition, but if a person proclaims that she would like to be a Stoic, we still need to listen to this claim and address her spiritual identify in a careful way. So, understood similarly, despite not a membership tradition, because Ruism affords to be a comprehensive way of living, the practice of it can still engender a strong consciousness of spiritual self-identity in the contemporary world. If this is the case, I do think philosophers should be more sensitive to the right or wrong way of naming “Confucianism.”A caveat about the last paragraph is that I used a crucial term “spiritual” to define the attitude of human life pertaining to one's vision of the entire world, and in line with this vision, one would like to transform her whole personality. Understood in this way, a spiritually sharp and adept human can be philosophical or not, religious or not, theist or not, and therefore, the inclusiveness of the term “spiritual” will be very useful for us to talk about different belief systems or comprehensive ways of living without being confused by the ambiguous meanings of philosophy vs religion particularly when these terms are used across cultures and traditions.Good, this is the case for philosophers. Then, secondly, scholars in the discipline of religious studies indeed care about the naming issue of religions or religion-like traditions more than philosophers. This is not surprising because from the beginning of the modern discipline of religious studies, scholars have tried to study religions objectively, and while doing this, one principle of terminology is that descriptions of religions ought to be recognized by religious insiders. A great example is that scholars have realized that “Muhammadanism,” a name prevalent in use around the same time when “Confucianism” was invented, is actually a wrong name. Muslims had their strong reasons to assert that this historical name of “Muhammadanism” is actually blasphemous. It was invented and imposed by religious outsiders, which is contrary to their own faith, since what the Islamic faith requires Muslims to “yield to” (the meaning of “Islam”) is Allah, the monotheistic singular God, not any human figure, even including their prophet. In face of this critique from religious insiders, scholars started to understand Islam more, and eventually eliminated the term “Muhammadanism” from contemporary English vocabulary.By the same token, the strongest argument I read from scholars in the contemporary religious studies was from Dr. Wilfred C. Smith, who published the book “The Meaning and End of Religion” in 1963. His reasons to change the name of Confucianism to something like “the tradition of classicists” in order to match the Chinese term ? is very similar to my own, namely, Confucianism is an alien name to the spiritual self-identifiers with the Ru tradition.However, since religious scholars typically pursue their studies in a detached and objective manner, a higher degree of advocacy on the change of the name will still depend upon how many spiritual advocates of Ruism and empathetic scholars would like to stand up to push the boundary of the public understanding of the Ru tradition.For me, I spiritually identify myself as a Ru, but I am a cosmopolitan Ru who cherishes the values of impartial scientific researches, religious pluralism and critical thinking, since I believe all these values are intrinsically implied by the teaching of Ruism. For me, the most valuable reason to advocate the rectification of the name of Confucianism is that I believe people need to understand the meaning of the term “Ru” ?, and why the Ru tradition chose this term as its name in tandem with a variety of schools of thought in the context of ancient East Asia.According to the most influential commentary of the Classic of Rites, called the “Standard Meanings of the Classic of Rites” (????), which was compiled in Tang Dynasty (618-907 C.E) and later taken as a textbook for the system of civil examination, the term Ru has two meanings: firstly, “soft”, and secondly, “moisten.” The meaning of “soft” derives from the expectation that a Ru knows how to interact with humans and the nature in a civilized way, and these civilized human beings will intrinsically long for non-violence, peace and harmony. The meaning of “moisten” refers to the fact that the way a Ru can achieve non-violent transformation is through learning and practicing everything that distinguishes humans from other species. In Chinese, this distinctively human thing called ? is translated mostly as ritual, but actually refers to a cluster of civilized phenomena such as social etiquettes, moral conventions, civil and religious ceremonies, law and political institutions, etc. Overall, ? can be each and every possible manifestation of human civilization. But why is the idea of “moisten” related to this concept of ?? This is because although ? civilizes human beings, if misused, ? can also be oppressive. Think about all those social etiquettes in a patriarchal, or a racially segregated society; they indeed set a rule for humans' interaction, but they are also oppressive. Therefore, according to the Ru tradition, a Ru should learn and practice the right ? so that ? can continually benefit and nourish all people's life, and therefore, the image of “moisten” or “watering” is invoked to indicate that the right purpose of ritual-performance is to nourish people's life, rather than oppressing people in the name of order and hierarchy.We will definitely spend more times to talk about ? in future episodes. However, seen from the naming issue of the Ru tradition, the central role of this concept ? to the Ru tradition speaks to several points which I think are uniquely valuable and thus, worth studying by all people around the world.Firstly, the Ru tradition constantly operates its discourse upon a “civilizational” perspective. In other words, what distinguishes civilization from other worldly phenomena and how to sustain the civilization on the earth continuous with the non-human nature are two broadest questions that a Ru asks whenever they think about concrete minor issues. This civilizational orientation clearly distinguishes Ruism from other traditions in ancient Asia such as Daoism, which emphasizes the value of the non-human nature more than the complexity of human civilization, and Buddhism, which tends to deny the distinctive nature of any being including human beings. Today, this civilizational orientation of Ruism is very much needed since humanity today is facing unusual challenges, such as global warming, pandemic and destabilized international politics, and we need a genuinely global and civilizational perspective to guide human practices to tackle these challenges.Secondly, despite aiming to sustain human civilization, Ruism perceives clearly the ambiguity of the phenomenon of “civilization.” Not everything in a civilization is worth commending, and some aspects of it, such as those undesirable rituals, can become seriously oppressive. In this way, Ruism's attitude towards civilization is to perfect it, improve it in a process, rather than to celebrate it regardless. Clearly, this also fits the ambiguous nature of human civilization today. It is far from perfect, although it is also worth sustaining by its own right.Thirdly, this civilizational perspective makes the Ru tradition unusually broad and deep, and thus, be very hard to be categorized. Is it a philosophy, a religion, a way of living, or an expression of the special civilization continually existing in the Eastern part of Eurasia continent? If we learn the tradition down the road, we will find that it is all of them, but not constrained by any of them. Therefore, it is an unusually demanding ideal to become a Ru, since everything about civilization will be concerned by them.However, since life is short, limited, and lacks meanings for all of us, why not take on some ideal of human life that is genuinely sublime and noble? If the ideal makes any sense to you, from this moment on, let us remember the meaning of Ru ?, and try to pronounce Ruism or the Ru tradition with the old name of “Confucianism” kept in mind.CREDITS:Opening Music: Ta-da! By Siddartha CorsusClosing: Music: Endless forms most beautiful by Sidartha CorsusLINKS:www.binsonglive.wpcomstaging.comTony Swain, “On Confucianism and Religion”, in Confucianism in China :An Introduction, Bloomsbury, 2017, pp. 1-22.Anna Sun, Confucianism as a World Religion: Contested Histories and Contemporary Realities (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2013): 45-76Bin Song's discussion with scholars of comparative philosophy on Ru and Confucianism: http://warpweftandway.com/should-instead-confucianism/.Bin Song's discussion with scholars of sinology: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sinologists/permalink/3211240495599467/.Email: ruismpodcast@gmail.com

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FeedBack w. Wes Nyle. EP254. Walk the Moon. 08.17.12Like anything worth doing, it takes time to get where you want to be. This year Cincinnati locals Nick Petricca, Kevin Ray, Eli Maiman, and Sean Waugaman have signed with RCA, and their self-titled album Walk the Moon is gaining traction with it’s current hit Anna Sun sitting 24th on Billboard’s Rock Song charts.Only three years before the success of the RCA release Nick was trying to build the bands reputation by touring local venues and pedaling two self-made albums. Petricca says, Walk the Moon’s current lineup, the lineup that freshens up tracks from their harder to find 2010 self-distributed I Want! I Want! on the new self-titled, has only been around since this year. But with the bands new found following, and touring schedule changes are a survival tactic at this point.There is something endearing about a group who pays attention to their audience in aspects that most artists wouldn’t. Face paint on the band and crowd is now a trademark at most live shows. This is a call back to the Anna Sun music video where Nick walks through a sea of friends in costume and face paint in between moments of Thriller and Westside Story style dance offs. In the spirit of keeping his friends involved, the video was the brain child of Nick’s friend who is an indie director, and used a local Chicagoan dance group to choreograph the five and a half minuet continuous shot.As a band with relatively newly found success it’s hard to say what lies in the future for such a fanccentric group. Something that has been promised in interviews with Walk the Moon is evolution. The quartet sites the Talking Heads, David Bowie and The Red Hot Chili Peppers as influences. And with such a blatant Police reference as the band’s name I’d say the shoes to fill are quite large. However this debut effort is a good place to start.This is Walk the Moon.Tracks Heard In This Podcast: I Can Lift A Car (All By Myself) I Want! I Want! Anna Sun Tightrope Jenny

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