Feng
Shui
Fengshui is a discrete
Chinese belief system involving a mix of
geographical, religious, philosophical,
mathematical, astronomical, and astrological
ideas.
For a place to have "good fung shui"
is for it to be in harmony with Nature, to have
"bad fung shui" is to be incongruous with Nature.
People aren't usually described as having good or
bad fung shui.
Vaastu
Shastra
Vaastu Shastra deals with
various aspects of designing and building living environments that are in harmony with the physical
and metaphysical forces/ energies of the cosmos
such as the gravitational, electromagnetic and
supernatural. Building practices based on limited
interpretations of these principles are still
sustained in specific areas of
India.
Though Vaastu is conceptually similar
to Feng Shui in that it also tries to harmonize
the flow of energy (Also called Life-force, and
Prana in Sanskrit, similar to Chi in Chinese)
through the house, it differs in the details, such
as the exact directions in which various objects,
rooms, materials etc are to be placed.
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