Eastern tradition

British  

noun

1. any of the philosophies and teachings that derive from Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and other spiritual traditions of the East

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Example Sentences

Because, rather than waiting for a holiday with a well-known tradition of charitable outreach, you can begin your outreach in the innocuous month of June.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2011

It seems that there was a well-known tradition in Carmarthenshire about one Iago ap Dewi, a man, Howells tells us, of considerable talent, who translated the "Pilgrim's Progress" into Welsh.

From Stranger Than Fiction Being Tales from the Byways of Ghosts and Folk-lore by Lewes, Mary L.

And yet they bear witness to this well-known tradition: “Verily Our Word is abstruse, bewilderingly abstruse.”

From The Kitáb-i-Íqán by Bahá'u'lláh

That Ireland was infested with venomous reptiles before St. Patrick's time, that he banished them, "and that serpents cannot survive in Ireland," is a well-known tradition, and one universally received amongst the native Irish.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. III, Number 86, June 21, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Various

Have they not heard the well-known tradition: “When the Qá’im riseth, that day is the Day of Resurrection?”

From The Kitáb-i-Íqán by Bahá'u'lláh