ancient teachings
Venerable ancestral knowledge
Ancient teachings are wisdom, doctrines, or practices passed down from earlier civilizations or traditions—philosophy, religion, medicine, or spiritual disciplines with roots in the distant past.
The phrase often carries reverence, implying time-tested truth: The ancient teachings of Buddhism emphasize mindfulness.
Sometimes used loosely to lend authority to ideas of uncertain provenance.
- stoicismUncomplaining acceptance of difficulty
- ancestor worshipReligious honoring of forebears
- gnosticismPrivileging inner revelation
- oral storytellingTransmitting tales aloud
- kabbalahJewish mystical tradition
divine knowledge · alchemy · golden rule · tribal rituals · spiritual practice · dharma · herbal medicine · oral tradition · cynicism · initiation rites · rites of passage · vedanta · sacred texts · mysticism · seasonal festivals · honor systems · epicureanism · shamanism
- Buddhist loresacred stories, koans, moral fables, bodhisattvas, nagas
ancient teachingsmodern science
Post-Enlightenment systematic investigation
scientific method · empirical research · clinical studies · technological innovation · hypothesis testing
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