Archive for August, 2008

Forty-First Chapter

Posted by Madhu B. Wangu on August 8, 2008

Forty-First Chapter:
Tao-te Ching
When the highest type of men hear Tao, they diligently practice it.
When the average type of men hear Tao, they half believe in it.
When the lowest type of men hear Tao, they roar with ridicule at it.
If they did not ridicule it, it would not be Tao.
Therefore there are established sayings on [...]

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Fortieth Chapter

Posted by Madhu B. Wangu on August 1, 2008

Fortieth Chapter:
Tao-te Ching
Returning is the movement of Tao.
Yielding is the motion of Tao.
All things are born of being.
Being is born of non-being.
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As I understand it:
We come into existence and also cease to exist. We may feel our Tao-selves while alive or wait until we die. We feel our spiritual selves by yielding, by being [...]

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