The term Eastern can have multiple meanings depending on its context. Most modern uses of the term refer to Eastern philosophy, the Eastern world, Eastern history or ancient Asian culture, typically also including those countries whose ethnic identity and their dominant culture derive from ancient Asian culture. Thus, in various contexts, the term "Eastern" may refer to something that came from the East.

Culturally, the term is usually associated with a tradition that traces its origins to ancient Indian and East Asian thought and religions like Buddhism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Jainism and Taoism. Cornerstones in this tradition are beliefs in spiritual, karmic, or ancestral forces.

Eastern culture is said to be Daoist in its integration of apparent opposites, as signified by the yin and yang. Eastern culture is sometimes contrasted with Western Culture which is accused of being likely to engage in false dichotomies. (Interestingly, a critique of Western thinking styles using this line of argument is itself subject to accusations of Western-style false dichotomy, since it divides the world into two parts and poses them against one another.)

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Jan10th we need a show! Get at us baltimore, west virginia, eastern pa area!
deathright (Deathright hardcore) Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:45:46 -0000
Jan10th we need a show! Get at us baltimore, west virginia, eastern pa area!
Off the beaten track in Eastern Oregon - OregonLive.com: View full size Wheat is the dominant crop in the fields... http://chilp.it/874f83
winesatori (Wine Satori) Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:45:46 -0000
Off the beaten track in Eastern Oregon - OregonLive.com: View full size Wheat is the dominant crop in the fields... http://chilp.it/874f83
@jimmy_wales being in Asian bar with Middle Eastern friends in Argentina makes you look suspiciously like a Globonder!
globond (Kirstin Elaine Myers) Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:45:18 -0000
@jimmy_wales being in Asian bar with Middle Eastern friends in Argentina makes you look suspiciously like a Globonder!
@silverbell9393 whoa whoa whoa dnt diss Eastern like dat! *sheesh* i kno its weak n alll but gawd damm i go dere so giv it respect lmao!!
bmorebby (Yohana ♥ aka NaNa♥) Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:44:31 -0000
@silverbell9393 whoa whoa whoa dnt diss Eastern like dat! *sheesh* i kno its weak n alll but gawd damm i go dere so giv it respect lmao!!
Wish i could be there with you guys! RT @kalgrande: @fourcolorzack starts 10pm Eastern Time... 7pm Pacific?
Fourcolorzack (Fourcolorzack) Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:43:46 -0000
Wish i could be there with you guys! RT @kalgrande: @fourcolorzack starts 10pm Eastern Time... 7pm Pacific?
Fancy seeing you here on a Saturday... :) I'll be on until 6ish (eastern) to help today!
ComcastBonnie (ComcastBonnie) Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:42:38 -0000
Fancy seeing you here on a Saturday... :) I'll be on until 6ish (eastern) to help today!

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