Twenty-Eighth Chapter:
Tao-te Ching
He who knows the male (active force) and keeps to the female (passive force)
Becomes humble like the deep valley of the world.
Being the valley of the world,
He will never depart from eternal virtue,
And become like a child again.
He who knows the white (glory) and yet keeps to the black (humility)
Becomes model for [...]
Twenty-Seventh Chapter:
Tao-te Ching
A wise traveler leaves no trace.
A speaker of truth has no flaws.
Generosity keeps no account.
The door he shuts needs no bolts, yet cannot be opened.
The knot he ties needs no rope, yet cannot be untied.
Like the sage help all beings impartially, rejecting no one.
Waste no opportunity, abandon no one.
This is called following the [...]
In the mid seventies when I arrived in the United States I heard people call Marilyn Monroe a goddess but Virgin Mary who had all the characteristics of being a goddess was denied that status. To me things seemed upside down.
In India, I did not pay much attention to goddesses, but they were everywhere. Friends [...]