Significance of Everyday life
Everyday life encompasses the daily existence and activities of individuals, reflecting their interactions and routines within society. Various philosophical frameworks, such as Ayurveda and Vedanta, emphasize the integration of daily experiences with deeper teachings, highlighting the importance of Sadvritta and the pursuit of beauty and harmony in mundane activities. Additionally, it acknowledges the influence of cultural practices, technology, and the inherent struggles within daily routines. The concept aims to make abstract philosophies applicable in real life, enriching the ordinary with profound understanding.
Synonyms: Daily routine, Daily life, Ordinary life, Everyday routine, Normal life, Routine, Day-to-day existence, Regular life, Ordinary life.
In Dutch: Dagelijks leven; In Finnish: Arkielämää; In Spanish: La vida cotidiana; In German: Alltag; In Portugese: Vida cotidiana; In Italian: Vita quotidiana; In Polish: Życie codzienne
The below excerpts are indicatory and do represent direct quotations or translations. It is your responsibility to fact check each reference.
Buddhist concept of 'Everyday life'
Everyday life in Buddhism highlights the presence of suffering and desire. These are often difficult to recognize as fundamental truths within the routines of daily existence.
From: A Discourse on Paticcasamuppada
(1) Suffering and desire as its cause are evident in this, but it is hard to see these truths.[1]
Hindu concept of 'Everyday life'
Everyday life in Hinduism encompasses common activities, societal interactions, and experiences shaped by desire. It emphasizes the role of Sadvritta, reflecting ethical living, and integrates diverse elements like daily interactions with wildlife and religious influences.
From: Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences
(1) While mainly concentrating on paediatrics and obstetrics, Kashyapa Samhita also emphasizes the importance of Sadvritta in everyday life, as stated.[2]
From: Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari
(1) The common experiences or situations where principles of transference can also be seen in social interactions.[3]
From: Mandukya Upanishad
(1) The usual experiences and activities of a person functioning in the waking state, driven by desire and material interactions.[4]
From: The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha
(1) Everyday Life is guided by ancient proverbs and maxims from Burmese sources, offering maxims, pithy sayings, and didactic stories that influence character.[5]
The concept of Everyday life in local and regional sources
Everyday life encompasses the daily routines and struggles of individuals, integrating cultural practices, philosophical teachings, and artistic principles, highlighting the beauty within mundane experiences, while also addressing the stress and challenges encountered.
From: Triveni Journal
(1) It represents the practical application of philosophical principles within the context of daily experiences and activities, integrating spiritual wisdom into the mundane aspects of existence.[6] (2) The immense burden of the artist does not let him fight shy of the common burdens of everyday life, but he carries an additional burden of his mission in life.[7] (3) History and geography reduced to terms in which experiences them in everyday life, and the management of one’s own town and State and country, cannot fail to interest children or adults.[8] (4) Indicates the mundane or common aspects of daily existence, often found in modern novels but absent in puranas.[9] (5) This is full of strain and stress and selfish desire, and the aesthetic experience allows one to rise to a higher plane, surpassing these limitations.[10]
From: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
(1) This refers to the ordinary experiences of individuals, which the principles of Advaita should be applied to, as it is not just for monks in caves, but for all people.[11] (2) This is where Vedanta can be carried into, including city life, country life, national life, and home life, to help mankind in all conditions.[12] (3) The author aims to make the abstract philosophy of Advaita become something that is applicable and practical to incorporate into regular life.[13]
The concept of Everyday life in scientific sources
Everyday life embodies the interplay of contradictions and uncertainties, serving as a canvas where these complexities are integrated into a semblance of order, reflecting the nuanced nature of daily experiences.
From: Sustainability Journal (MDPI)
(1) Everyday life is integrated with commodity chains, globalization, and sustainability in context through a time-geographic approach, highlighting the interconnectedness of daily activities and global environmental issues, reflecting practical application.[14] (2) Omnichannel services are useful in everyday life because, if one uses omnichannel services, they can shop faster and it improves transaction efficiency.[15] (3) It is related to habit and intention, with multiple processes by which past behavior predicts future behavior. It is examined in psychological research.[16] (4) The normal, routine existence of individuals, where the case of Malta, where motorisation and dependence on private cars are so heavily embedded in everyday life, has been used as a laboratory for testing this innovative approach.[17] (5) Everyday Life is being reinvented by gamification, as competition and game mechanics are increasingly used in business, marketing, and other areas.[18]
From: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (MDPI)
(1) Parents express ambiguity about their intentions to engage in practices and what they are able to achieve in everyday life, highlighting the challenges of implementing ideals.[19] (2) Everyday life occupations and participation are crucial for overall well-being, as it focuses on the activities individuals engage in as part of their daily routines.[20] (3) The text explains that individuals find solutions to problems of everyday life, some relatively easily and some at great cost, but individual adjustments do not solve enduring social problems.[21] (4) Immigration from regions where kohl is part of everyday life has been the route of entrance into western countries of cosmetics such as the kohl-based eyeliner.[22] (5) Autobiographical memory plays several functions in "everyday life", as examined by Bluck, including social, emotional, and cognitive roles.[23]
From: Religions Journal (MDPI)
(1) "Everyday life" has a deep foundation, and attention to detail can significantly impact people's hearts, influencing the success or failure of creative endeavors.[24] (2) The ordinary flow, also referred to as paramount reality, which can be interrupted by limit situations that are perceived as exceptional and disorienting.[25] (3) This step in the IBS process is vital if the student wants to apply it in some fashion to a modern situation or everyday life.[26] (4) Grasping the vital breath of religion sometimes requires delving into the trivialities of everyday life, emphasizing the importance of the mundane in religious experience.[27] (5) The “unity of knowledge and action” demands the application of philosophical tenets to this, bridging the divide between abstract thought and tangible action.[28]
From: Religious Inquiries (Journal)
(1) **Everyday life** involves human embodied engagement, where individuals are directly engaged with a moral and social environment, making moral judgments, and being evaluated.[29] (2) Religious practitioners are challenged in their everyday life by new ethical-moral-legal quandaries that arise from complexities in modern society and technology.[30] (3) Life that hope contains things that work in the world beyond any estimations or expectations that we have in our material.[31] (4) It is the sphere where if atonement requires moral perfection, it forfeits its usefulness as a guide to our thinking about it.[32]
From: South African Family Practice
(1) A point of departure that offers openings and insights for understanding dynamics.[33] (2) Again a common metaphor in everyday life, journeys are often featured in the way we describe our activities.[34] (3) This is the setting where paradoxes and ambiguities are married into some form of order.[35]
From: South African Journal of Physiotherapy
(1) Everyday life requires sufferers to find a balance between the restrictions imposed by pain and the demands of everyday life, necessitating adaptation and resilience.[36]