This concept of keeping in good health based on ethics emphasizes spiritual adjustment. Confucian health care pays attention to "self-cultivation" with human spirit and morality as the core.
What is "cultivation"? "University" has: "If you want to cultivate yourself, you should be upright first." This is what Confucianism calls nourishing the heart. As Dong Zhongshu, a master of Confucianism, said: "The reason why benevolent people live long is that they are clean and greedy outside, and they are peaceful and righteous inside."
Under the guidance of this idea, whether it is sex life, place of residence, diet, rest, warmth, hunger, mood, etc. It can conform to etiquette, be impartial and not excessive, so "its life is long." Confucius kept in good health under the guidance of Confucian moral concepts, and spent 73 spring and autumn years on earth, which was considered a long-lived person at that time.
The characteristics of Buddhist health care thought: Buddhism health care and Taoism are consistent in getting rid of diseases and strengthening health. Buddhist health care mainly pays attention to a kind of detachment, and thinks that as long as it is in this detachment state, all diseases will not happen. How to achieve this detached state? This is meditation. Meditation, that is, meditation, is a kind of practice method that integrates qigong and psychology. Through meditation, people enter a state of detachment and disease-free. Buddhist health care also emphasizes intentional defense, including intentional defense in Shenque, Zusanli and Baihui, so as to achieve the purpose of nourishing healthy qi, eliminating evil spirits and prolonging life.
Buddhist health preservation also emphasizes the "mutual relationship" between man and nature and society. Therefore, it attaches great importance to the environment and is involved in public welfare undertakings such as afforestation, medical practice and pesticide application. Most temples are surrounded by mountains and rivers, with beautiful scenery, which can not only practice, but also cultivate temperament and be beneficial to health. In addition, Buddhists have many commandments, such as abstinence and restraint on wine, color, food and wealth, which make people concentrate on meditation and improve their moral quality. These ideas have been absorbed and integrated into TCM health preservation, enriching the contents of "nourishing the heart", "consolidating the foundation" and "abstinence".
Summary: Confucianism requires people to practice feudal ethics and morality for the purpose of self-improvement, and integrate this concept of nourishing nature into the health culture of traditional Chinese medicine. Noble and holy ethics is not only a way to improve people's self-personality, but also an important way to preserve health.
Buddhists have all kinds of diligent ways. In addition to worshipping Buddha and chanting scriptures, they meditate ideologically and strictly observe the precepts in life. It is this kind of chanting and worshipping Buddha, meditating and observing precepts, which objectively conforms to the principle of health preservation. Therefore, although Buddhism does not take immortality as its practice purpose, since ancient times, there have been many eminent monks who enjoy immortality. It can be said that their practice methods have objectively played a role in preserving health and prolonging life.