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Eastern Traditions

Karma, zen, yin and yang — concepts from Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist, and Japanese traditions now embedded in self-help, design, and everyday speech.

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The principle that your actions return to you — for better or worse.

Liberation from suffering and the cycle of rebirth.

The hereditary warrior class of pre-modern Japan, bound by a strict code of honor.

Complementary opposites that together make up a whole — dark and light, soft and hard, receptive and active.

A school of Buddhism emphasizing meditation — and, casually, anything calm and unflappable.

A reason to get up in the morning — your sense of purpose.

The fundamental, ungraspable principle underlying the universe — and the way of living in accord with it.

Cosmic law, moral duty, or the right way of living for who you are.

A masterless samurai — an independent, unattached, often dangerous figure.