5 Japanese Concepts to Live by (Philosophies for life)

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  • čas přidán 1. 06. 2024
  • Japanese culture is filled with different concepts and philosophies about life. They teach us how to lead more peaceful and fulfilling lives. It's no secret that the people of Japan have the longest life expectancy and while diet is a major contributing factor, their approach towards life is also attributed to this.
    This video contains 5 Japanese concepts I felt were the most applicable to our own lives however there are many more which I would encourage you to find out about. Rather than seeing achieving large goas as the key to fulfilment they see small day to day pleasure accumulated as true happiness.
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Komentáře • 145

  • @Beijaxol
    @Beijaxol Před 2 lety +227

    What I appreciate about Japanese culture is the way they demonstrate the essence of their values in everything they do. They never brag, or put other cultures down; they present themselves with excellence, grace and dignity.

    • @A.grauer
      @A.grauer Před 2 lety +5

      You are right👍

    • @scintillam_dei
      @scintillam_dei Před 2 lety +3

      Historically, China overshadowed them for most of their history, so they historically don't look down on their superior neighbour.
      But then.... they did.... big-time.
      See my video "A conquistador refutes the Metatron (a famous youtuber) on Samurais VS Spaniards."

    • @cottoncandiez8872
      @cottoncandiez8872 Před 2 lety

      Well.... No

    • @claudiomarangone614
      @claudiomarangone614 Před 2 lety +9

      Actually, no is correct.
      According to many friends who worked in done business in Japan, they have said that the Japanese themselves admit that they are quite racist and consider most of the world inferior.

    • @scintillam_dei
      @scintillam_dei Před 2 lety +1

      @@claudiomarangone614 They should see a Ryan Boundless video "DREAMCRUSHER: DON'T GO TO JAPAN!" LOL

  • @zenutopia2k708
    @zenutopia2k708 Před 2 lety +153

    TIMESTAMPS
    (1) 0:03 Ikigai a reason for being, a sense of purpose.
    (2) 1:37 Wabi-Sabi acceptance and appreciation for imperfection.
    (3) 3:20 Mottaini waste nothing.
    (4) 4:17 Gaman enduring the seemingly unbearable, with patience and dignity.
    remaining calm/stoic/non-reactive in the midst of chaos. Tolerance.
    5:08 Zazen sitting meditation.
    (5) 5:38 Mono No Aware awareness of the impermanent/transient nature of things.

  • @AnirudhMittal100
    @AnirudhMittal100 Před 2 lety +66

    Japanese philosophies are one of a kind, and things of beauty!

  • @WisdominQuotes
    @WisdominQuotes Před 2 lety +17

    "Youth soon ages, but learning is slow to achieve."
    ~~Japanese proverb

  • @thelastminutetrade
    @thelastminutetrade Před 2 lety +21

    Who else love Japanese traditional methods nd techniques 😍😍

  • @lovealways2609
    @lovealways2609 Před 2 lety +17

    Japanese culture has so much cool style and interesting way of looking at things.

  • @PatrickGraven
    @PatrickGraven Před 2 lety +23

    Ikigai is a Japanese concept meaning "a reason for being." According to the Japanese, everyone has an ikigai. Finding it requires a deep and often lengthy search of self discovery and reflection. The word "ikigai" is usually used to indicate the source of value in one's life and the things that make one's life worthwhile.

  • @user-cp6fk4hu6l
    @user-cp6fk4hu6l Před 2 lety +7

    This civilization's wisdom is on another level

  • @arlindmerdita521
    @arlindmerdita521 Před 2 lety +7

    Peace.

  • @James-lb7yd
    @James-lb7yd Před 2 lety +43

    My favorite Japanese expression is: Ikidakimasu. From my understanding, it not only is saying 'grace' before a meal, but being grateful for the infinite causes and conditions that have come together to make the meal possible.

    • @vaibhavshinde5520
      @vaibhavshinde5520 Před 2 lety +4

      We indians also do such ritual . But it's not like word it's whole prayer....😂😂 nowadays very few people do it.

    • @zsu8498
      @zsu8498 Před 2 lety +3

      Christians also do it, so its not a special Japanese custom.

    • @Nipponing
      @Nipponing Před 2 lety +6

      @@zsu8498 The difference is Christians thank a fictional character.

    • @onizukamugen
      @onizukamugen Před rokem +9

      itadakimasu.

    • @andrewjohn2124
      @andrewjohn2124 Před rokem

      @@Nipponing In historical scholarship only the ignorant think Jesus was a fictional character. Scholars in the field won't even take you seriously if you reject that Jesus existed, the evidence is without question. There is no debate among historians. This can be accepted by secular or religious historians in the field.
      Please read the famous Atheist Bart Ehrman's book "Did Jesus Exist?" "Bart Denton Ehrman is an American New Testament scholar focusing on textual criticism of the New Testament, the historical Jesus, and the origins and development of early Christianity. He has written and edited 30 books, including three college textbooks. He has also authored six New York Times".

  • @bestquotescollections
    @bestquotescollections Před 2 lety +3

    “Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.”
    Khalil Gibran

  • @sudheeshmohan4357
    @sudheeshmohan4357 Před 2 lety +3

    6:14 "The perfect blossom is a rare thing. You could spend your life looking for one, and it would not be a wasted life." - Katsumoto

  • @colethynne
    @colethynne Před 2 lety +3

    The Japanese have such an incredible culture. Some of the most talented, interesting, and hardest working people ok earth. I hope to visit this extraordinary place one day

  • @johnmike1771
    @johnmike1771 Před 2 lety +3

    Gaman and wabi-sabi is the home hitters for me instead we should love ourselves but strive to improve ourselves and to be calm in bad situations and patient through it and through those we learn and grow

  • @AngelFlores-df7pw
    @AngelFlores-df7pw Před 2 lety +5

    This channel is a God send! Absolutely love the content you guys publish.

  • @kristandagley7089
    @kristandagley7089 Před 2 lety +19

    We extremely need to do this everywhere 🖤 Thank you as always for another beautiful video.

  • @iam_nyj
    @iam_nyj Před 2 lety +3

    Its not only the concepts, but also how you've presented it! :)

  • @yumnaamjad2637
    @yumnaamjad2637 Před 2 lety +2

    This was so soothing

  • @WAYBeYond1985
    @WAYBeYond1985 Před 2 lety +3

    Great idea.... worth sharing

  • @vichufeb16
    @vichufeb16 Před 2 lety

    Goosebumps all the way through! ♥️

  • @sakethdamin5089
    @sakethdamin5089 Před 2 lety +2

    Thank you 😊

  • @nicholaskearney678
    @nicholaskearney678 Před 2 lety

    Fascinating,wonderful ideals.

  • @sufiquotespoetry3703
    @sufiquotespoetry3703 Před 2 lety +1

    A next-level video ... KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!

  • @a.d.elliottTaketheBackRoads

    I really love these concepts!

  • @gamekundo3584
    @gamekundo3584 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you sir i really wanted a video on japanese philoshophy... Loved it god bless you

  • @namanydv_garud
    @namanydv_garud Před 2 lety +2

    These are beautiful 💖🌸
    Some depends on situation, but we can improvise them and our life according to us.😊

  • @reshmasundarrajan766
    @reshmasundarrajan766 Před 2 lety +3

    Wow! this is the nick of time video touched me to the core of ❤️ 🍁

  • @universalmotivationstudiou2627

    Awesome 😎

  • @invincibleluis
    @invincibleluis Před 2 lety +1

    Beautiful.

  • @Hide_Truth
    @Hide_Truth Před 2 lety +3

    All video is knowledgeable respect 🙏❤

  • @spreadthelove77
    @spreadthelove77 Před 2 lety

    This is just wonderful.
    Thank you so much ❤️ 🇯🇵

  • @helenbostock2350
    @helenbostock2350 Před 2 lety

    Perfect I love your video and the information I like the flow of lifestyle.

  • @nunu4evaaa
    @nunu4evaaa Před 2 lety

    thank you for this video.

  • @timruhani3634
    @timruhani3634 Před 2 lety +1

    I look forward to visiting Japan.

  • @n4quotes643
    @n4quotes643 Před 2 lety +4

    Nice...

  • @simo0304
    @simo0304 Před 2 lety

    Many thanks 🙏

  • @sachindaga5681
    @sachindaga5681 Před 2 lety +4

    Such beautiful practices to cope up with daily challenges.. 🙏🙏

  • @musikalisasiNRS
    @musikalisasiNRS Před 2 lety +4

    Very good motivation & inspiration 👍👍 ( NRS poetry musicalisasi )

  • @mariammsayeed
    @mariammsayeed Před 2 lety +3

    The book was amazing too. Finished it in one sitting & I must admit it opened my brain to many things that I didn’t know about. A must read.

    • @yafetteshome9515
      @yafetteshome9515 Před 2 lety

      What is it called ?, if you don’t mind me asking.

    • @mariammsayeed
      @mariammsayeed Před 2 lety +1

      @@yafetteshome9515it’s called ikigai, the Japanese secret to a long life.

  • @crystalserrant5915
    @crystalserrant5915 Před 2 lety +1

    That was GREAT 😇😍🙌🏾

  • @marcusaurelius8605
    @marcusaurelius8605 Před 10 měsíci

    Thanks 😊

  • @jimdicko2864
    @jimdicko2864 Před 2 lety +1

    Wow I wish this was learnt this years ago.

  • @nogitsune4452
    @nogitsune4452 Před 2 lety +5

    I love Japan and all these motivational quotes and philosophies, but my inner 5 year old keeps going, "Heh, icky guy." Do genuinely love the culture and traditions of the Japanese people though, and these practices to enjoy every little thing about life sounds magical to me.

  • @timruhani9115
    @timruhani9115 Před rokem +1

    I apply these noble Japanese principles daily and I am starting to feel like a Samurai 🙂

  • @seensaki8501
    @seensaki8501 Před 2 lety

    I need to learn all and I hope one day comes that I can live there. 💓

  • @julierozo
    @julierozo Před 2 lety +4

    Gaman also allows people to ignore other people’s pain.

  • @vladislava511
    @vladislava511 Před 7 měsíci

    This made me fall more in love with the japanese culture.

  • @ohworiehaogheneyolevictory830

    Hi RedFrost, thank you for all the effort you put into making these wonderful videos. I listen to your videos all the time and they help me get through the struggle of the day. Can you please do a video of these listed poetry ? Thanks and I look forward to your next videos.
    1. “LITANY IN WHICH CERTAIN THINGS ARE CROSSED OUT” BY RICHARD SIKEN
    2. LOVE IS A DOG FROM HELL AND I MADE A MISTAKE BY CHARLES BUKOWSKI
    3. “YOU ARE TIRED (I THINK)” BY E.E. CUMMINGS
    4. “RESIGNATION” BY NIKKI GIOVANNI
    5. “LOVE, WE’RE THROUGH” BY ROSS GAY
    6. LETTERS FROM THE OTHER WOMAN BY MONICA PRINCE

  • @aroshmtv1121
    @aroshmtv1121 Před 2 lety

    Best

  • @Readinglovepoems
    @Readinglovepoems Před 3 měsíci

    I watched the series "Shogun". A very powerful movie about the true Japanese of past centuries. I recommend to everyone. Previously, in the land of the rising sun, knowledge and philosophy in general were highly valued. Now, judging by Japanese author’s channels on CZcams, this is no longer the case. In my opinion, the correct philosophy of life is that you need to try to be stronger in any adversity in life. It is difficult to remain calm when you receive unfounded and unfair criticism. Here the Japanese sages are not entirely right. In my opinion, you should always be fair in everything, both with yourself and in your relationships with others.

  • @shane1489
    @shane1489 Před 2 lety +5

    Lesson 1: Don’t start a fight you have no hope of winning.

    • @PolishBehemoth
      @PolishBehemoth Před 2 lety

      That was shade! No need for that.

    • @shane1489
      @shane1489 Před 2 lety

      Maybe so but that shade would have saves tens or hundreds of thousands of lives.🤷‍♂️ Truth hurts but that doesn’t mean it’s malevolent it’s simply the truth.

  • @PRAKASH-cm1vo
    @PRAKASH-cm1vo Před 2 lety

    I'm from India. I love Japan and Japanese People. One day I will visit there .

  • @WisdominQuotes
    @WisdominQuotes Před 2 lety +1

    Haiku by Basho:
    "Dried grasses-
    and just a few heat waves
    rising an inch or two"
    ~~BASHŌ

  • @elmghaimimi
    @elmghaimimi Před 2 lety +6

    1st comment 👍🏻

  • @blessup8762
    @blessup8762 Před 2 lety

    Hi, red forest motivation can you please upload again the Powerful Guided Meditation Please Please, Thank you.

  • @RxnHub
    @RxnHub Před rokem

    Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.

  • @QwuithLordDartox
    @QwuithLordDartox Před 2 lety +1

    Can you make one for Machiavelli?

  • @Nargis_Manzoor301
    @Nargis_Manzoor301 Před 2 lety +2

    ❣❣❣

  • @wanderingsoul1189
    @wanderingsoul1189 Před 2 lety

    I love Japanese culture for its rich values.

  • @daverayon
    @daverayon Před 2 lety

    Luvvvvvv

  • @urameshiyusake4698
    @urameshiyusake4698 Před rokem

    Mono no Aware I like that

  • @sanjivinsmoke6703
    @sanjivinsmoke6703 Před 2 lety

    Japanese culture is awe-inspiring and fascinating. The Japanese are among the most talented, interesting, and hard-working people on the planet. I'm hoping to go to Japan soon. Have you ever heard the term "flow state"? Flow is a state of mind in which a person becomes fully immersed in an activity. The flow state is discussed in the C. Wilson Meloncelli Channel. I hope you can visit it.

  • @yokoreia
    @yokoreia Před 2 lety +3

    All or none, middle is chaos.

    • @Kevin-jc1fx
      @Kevin-jc1fx Před 2 lety

      Beautifully said. As Charles Bukowski said it, "Go all the way, otherwise, don't even try"

  • @BumblebeeILMC
    @BumblebeeILMC Před 2 lety +3

    i clicked because old wise looking japanese man

  • @mr.chrisaquino
    @mr.chrisaquino Před 2 lety

    Omoiyari is also a great Japanese philosophy we can live by. 😊

    • @mr.chrisaquino
      @mr.chrisaquino Před 2 lety +1

      @Austin Thomas it's individual's sensitivity to imagine other people's feeling ot emotions, anticipate, and act on their needs

  • @redakino1441
    @redakino1441 Před 2 lety +1

    Japanese people created their own planet Japan which is the most sought after place here on earth.

  • @stanstan1737
    @stanstan1737 Před 2 lety

    Nice. Would like to see one on American culture 🤪

  • @Thabigchance1995
    @Thabigchance1995 Před 2 lety

    “The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.” - Dale Carnegie
    Love from a small youtuber.

  • @lover-of-fate
    @lover-of-fate Před 2 lety

    The more I hear about Japan the more I seriously consider moving there. It must be like the greatest stoic nation on earth.

  • @mrsuicchi8450
    @mrsuicchi8450 Před 2 lety

    Until now, I never really thought much of Japan except for anime and manga

  • @lilheartarmy9529
    @lilheartarmy9529 Před 2 lety +3

    Ikigai...🤘

  • @MrPelikan500
    @MrPelikan500 Před 2 lety

    3:18 *MOTTAINAI* - the meaning is my Mantra-for-Myself - now i have a single word that captures it - glad am a subscriber 😊

  • @clairee4939
    @clairee4939 Před 2 lety

    我慢 means “I’m slow” in Chinese!

  • @mianaamir4081
    @mianaamir4081 Před 2 lety

    Tada yori takai
    Mono wa nai

  • @eliasojuok7062
    @eliasojuok7062 Před 2 lety

    Please, recite Abraham Lincoln's letter to his son's teacher.

  • @Top20QuotesDemian
    @Top20QuotesDemian Před 2 lety +1

    *The Japanese know how to maintain mental health*

  • @carrierserena
    @carrierserena Před 2 lety

    This is Stoicism

  • @kababyenoh
    @kababyenoh Před 2 lety

    匠人魂

  • @jigggro
    @jigggro Před 2 lety

    Japan also has an extremely high suicide rate. Do people that work exceptionally hard without finding a purpose ultimately just feel like giving in ?

  • @FerdausAlAmin
    @FerdausAlAmin Před 2 lety +1

    My first foreign country visit was Japan.
    I was mesmerized by their discipline courtesy and willing to help always attitude..
    But when I look at the history of Japan in the World War II, it doesn't seem to be a good one..
    Japan's tendency to occupy other countries and make them a colony for their raw materials, massacres by Japanese army in Manchurian region of China does not speak of a tradition or a race to be respected 🤔
    Did their surrender in the second world war make them humble and polite like this, I wonder!

  • @ozgenerzi3900
    @ozgenerzi3900 Před 2 lety

    Only for Japan)

  • @charliegliddon3984
    @charliegliddon3984 Před 2 lety

    kurzgesagt voice lacks the passion this channel always carries

  • @ozgenerzi3900
    @ozgenerzi3900 Před 2 lety

    Hayat kısa sikonoske sama))

  • @grantlawyer
    @grantlawyer Před 2 lety +1

    Okinawa don’t really see themselves as Japanese and Japanese don’t think Okinawa people are Japanese.

  • @josephoneill2753
    @josephoneill2753 Před 2 lety

    How could such an enlightened culture include the extremely cruel Japanese warrior culture of unspeakable atrocities?

  • @OmenAkumaru20223
    @OmenAkumaru20223 Před 2 lety

    Should have gotten a native speaker of Japanese to pronounce these, because this gaijin's pronunciation leaves a lot to be desired.

  • @HarryTzianakisTheGodOfSpeed

    Everything is Greek Karate is Greek they did nothing

    • @Beijaxol
      @Beijaxol Před 2 lety +4

      Harry, Prove your statement. Show evidence. Educate, don’t denigrate.

    • @HarryTzianakisTheGodOfSpeed
      @HarryTzianakisTheGodOfSpeed Před 2 lety +1

      @@Beijaxol Google the origins of karate from the Island Crete The Minoans are my bloodline I know my history. Like I said everything is Greek! The first MMA of the planet 🌍 is Pankration. Greeks can make copyright claims to every single country. We will soon.

    • @shivdhankumar9164
      @shivdhankumar9164 Před 2 lety +2

      @@HarryTzianakisTheGodOfSpeed 😂😂😂😂wtf

    • @HarryTzianakisTheGodOfSpeed
      @HarryTzianakisTheGodOfSpeed Před 2 lety +1

      @@shivdhankumar9164 your hair makes the WTF more animated . Yeah bro sorry to break the News but it's facts the pyramids were all built by the Greeks. Everything is Greek. This planet 🌍is Greek

    • @HarryTzianakisTheGodOfSpeed
      @HarryTzianakisTheGodOfSpeed Před 2 lety +1

      @@shivdhankumar9164 all of the ancient Indian ruins have Greek letters on them. They were built by the Greeks. This is fact

  • @charliegliddon3984
    @charliegliddon3984 Před 2 lety +1

    Huge fan of kurzgesagt but not when narrating philosophy! Please not again

  • @connorstar164
    @connorstar164 Před 2 lety +11

    The man who moves a mountain starts by carrying away small stones.
    - Confucius
    Similar to...
    Be content to progress in slow steps until you have legs to run and wings with which to fly
    - Pio Petriclina
    First do what’s necessary, than do what’s possible, and suddenly you’re doing the impossible.
    - Saint Francis of Assisi
    Vincent van Gogh: Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
    By the yard it’s hard, but inch by inch it’s a cinch.
    - Les brown
    How do you eat a elephant, one bite at a time.
    - Desmond Tutu
    There is more honor in accumulating little by little than in reaching for the sky and ending up flat on your face.
    - Havamal
    Our problem is, when we try to tackle too much things at once we get overwhelmed, and we get discouraged and or quit, we must diligently plan and go from simple to prudence, by planning efficiently and effectively through wise counsel, if the plan is not sound, reform it by writing it down, a journal, binder and calendar, than putting what we have down in action and executing.
    One priority and one goal at a time, pace yourself, life is not a race but a marathon, when you get tired learn to rest, and when you are active in your pursuit, be all in in trying ti accomplish it, vigorously and unwavering, practicing discipline and steadfastness, Like leonardo davinchi said, he who is fixed to a star does not change his mind, as long as your conscience approves your conduct and what you do, having the right disciplines and upright ways, pursue your goals unto death, lioe Jim rhon said, do it until, until it gets done, rejoice in it. And move on to your next goal.
    All the way.

    • @arshbehal9026
      @arshbehal9026 Před 2 lety

      Amazing brother, thanks for sharing this!

    • @OmenAkumaru20223
      @OmenAkumaru20223 Před 2 lety

      Actually, as the Bible says:
      The one with faith as small as a mustard seed that can tell a mountain to move & WILL cause it to move!

    • @connorstar164
      @connorstar164 Před 2 lety

      @@OmenAkumaru20223
      That is true, and in essence the same concept as the philosophers, though with that quote, it had more conviction. What Jesus was saying is you have to believe you can accomplish that goal, and you will.
      Jesus was a miracle worker, very few men have ever accomplished the things Jesus did, he is the only one in the Bible that beat Death.
      Although, you have to remember, Jesus is at the end of the book, if we do not take heed to the entirety of all the prophets and the word, like Jesus said, it will all be in vain, many will say that they follow Jesus, but few know scripture, this is what he was teaching the likes. of the Jews and his Disciples, for He knew more scripture than them, and more accurately.
      Anyone who knows more than you is either looked at as a teacher and loved, or disagreed with and scorned, hence why most Pharisees disliked Him and even hated him, because He unlike them practiced what He preached.

  • @whitefrostmotivation329

    Japanese my biggest tradisional people.