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Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill.
December 31, 2024 at 10:30 PM
Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill.
Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.
December 31, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.
Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.
December 26, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.
If we could renounce our sageness and discard our wisdom, it would be better for the people a hundredfold.
December 26, 2024 at 9:31 PM
If we could renounce our sageness and discard our wisdom, it would be better for the people a hundredfold.
If you do not value rare treasures, you will stop others from stealing.
December 17, 2024 at 10:30 PM
If you do not value rare treasures, you will stop others from stealing.
THE IMAGE
Heaven within the mountain:
The image of THE TAMING POWER OF THE GREAT.
Thus the superior man acquaints himself with many
sayings of antiquity
And many deeds of the past,
In order to strengthen his character thereby.
Heaven within the mountain:
The image of THE TAMING POWER OF THE GREAT.
Thus the superior man acquaints himself with many
sayings of antiquity
And many deeds of the past,
In order to strengthen his character thereby.
December 17, 2024 at 10:21 AM
THE IMAGE
Heaven within the mountain:
The image of THE TAMING POWER OF THE GREAT.
Thus the superior man acquaints himself with many
sayings of antiquity
And many deeds of the past,
In order to strengthen his character thereby.
Heaven within the mountain:
The image of THE TAMING POWER OF THE GREAT.
Thus the superior man acquaints himself with many
sayings of antiquity
And many deeds of the past,
In order to strengthen his character thereby.
This world is nothing but the glory of Tao expressed through different names and forms. When princes and kings hold it, everyone under them naturally turn within. The Sage gives and gives without condition offering his treasure to everyone. The highest kindness is to give without condition.
December 17, 2024 at 10:09 AM
This world is nothing but the glory of Tao expressed through different names and forms. When princes and kings hold it, everyone under them naturally turn within. The Sage gives and gives without condition offering his treasure to everyone. The highest kindness is to give without condition.
When the administration is discerning, the state becomes ruinous. Disaster is that upon which good fortune depends.
Good fortune is that in which disaster lurks. Who knows the end? There is no correctness. The correct turns into the strange; The good turns into the ominous.
Good fortune is that in which disaster lurks. Who knows the end? There is no correctness. The correct turns into the strange; The good turns into the ominous.
December 16, 2024 at 12:25 AM
When the administration is discerning, the state becomes ruinous. Disaster is that upon which good fortune depends.
Good fortune is that in which disaster lurks. Who knows the end? There is no correctness. The correct turns into the strange; The good turns into the ominous.
Good fortune is that in which disaster lurks. Who knows the end? There is no correctness. The correct turns into the strange; The good turns into the ominous.
To know that you do not know is the best. To think you know when you do not is a disease. Recognizing this disease as a disease is to be free of it.
December 14, 2024 at 12:11 AM
To know that you do not know is the best. To think you know when you do not is a disease. Recognizing this disease as a disease is to be free of it.
It is not something to be gained by knowing or lost by forgetting.
December 10, 2024 at 10:30 PM
It is not something to be gained by knowing or lost by forgetting.
Hold your male side with your female side. Hold your bright side with your dull side. Hold your high side with your low side.
Then you will be able to hold the whole world. When the opposing forces unite within there comes a power abundant in its giving and unerring in its effect.
Then you will be able to hold the whole world. When the opposing forces unite within there comes a power abundant in its giving and unerring in its effect.
December 10, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Hold your male side with your female side. Hold your bright side with your dull side. Hold your high side with your low side.
Then you will be able to hold the whole world. When the opposing forces unite within there comes a power abundant in its giving and unerring in its effect.
Then you will be able to hold the whole world. When the opposing forces unite within there comes a power abundant in its giving and unerring in its effect.
The town may be changed, But the well cannot be changed.
It neither decreases nor increases. They come and go and draw from the well. If one gets down almost to the water And the rope does not go all the way, Or the jug breaks, it brings misfortune.
It neither decreases nor increases. They come and go and draw from the well. If one gets down almost to the water And the rope does not go all the way, Or the jug breaks, it brings misfortune.
December 10, 2024 at 10:28 PM
The town may be changed, But the well cannot be changed.
It neither decreases nor increases. They come and go and draw from the well. If one gets down almost to the water And the rope does not go all the way, Or the jug breaks, it brings misfortune.
It neither decreases nor increases. They come and go and draw from the well. If one gets down almost to the water And the rope does not go all the way, Or the jug breaks, it brings misfortune.
Chapter 78. This resource has multiple translations. In offers similar wisdom. One should remain low and integrate that which you deem incompatible. If you take sides, you are on the outskirts. The treasure is center.
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Chapter 78, Tao Te Ching (Dao De Jing) by Lao Tzu (Laozi): English
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December 9, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Chapter 78. This resource has multiple translations. In offers similar wisdom. One should remain low and integrate that which you deem incompatible. If you take sides, you are on the outskirts. The treasure is center.
www.egreenway.com/taoism/ttclz...
www.egreenway.com/taoism/ttclz...
If you do not value rare treasures, you will stop others from stealing.
December 9, 2024 at 11:18 AM
If you do not value rare treasures, you will stop others from stealing.
I’d be interested to hear your translation of verse 78.
December 9, 2024 at 4:44 AM
I’d be interested to hear your translation of verse 78.
Hasta ex-gratia, baby.
December 9, 2024 at 4:32 AM
Hasta ex-gratia, baby.
The supreme good is like water, which nourishes all things without trying to. It is content with the low places that people disdain. Thus it is like the Tao.
December 8, 2024 at 10:09 PM
The supreme good is like water, which nourishes all things without trying to. It is content with the low places that people disdain. Thus it is like the Tao.
If I had just a little bit of wisdom I should walk the great path and fear only straying from it.
December 8, 2024 at 9:19 AM
If I had just a little bit of wisdom I should walk the great path and fear only straying from it.
The name that can be named is not the eternal name.
December 7, 2024 at 9:12 PM
The name that can be named is not the eternal name.
The Tao doesn't take sides; it gives birth to both yin and yang. All is welcome, both light and dark.
December 7, 2024 at 9:13 AM
The Tao doesn't take sides; it gives birth to both yin and yang. All is welcome, both light and dark.
The ancient ones were simple-hearted and blended with the common people. They did not shine forth. They did not rule with cleverness. So the nation was blessed. Now the rulers are filled with clever ideas and the lives of people are filled with
hardship. So the nation is cursed.
hardship. So the nation is cursed.
December 7, 2024 at 2:10 AM
The ancient ones were simple-hearted and blended with the common people. They did not shine forth. They did not rule with cleverness. So the nation was blessed. Now the rulers are filled with clever ideas and the lives of people are filled with
hardship. So the nation is cursed.
hardship. So the nation is cursed.
Stillness benefits more than action. Silence benefits more than words. Rare indeed are those who are still. Rare indeed are those who are silent. And so I say, Rare indeed are those who obtain the bounty of this world.
December 6, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Stillness benefits more than action. Silence benefits more than words. Rare indeed are those who are still. Rare indeed are those who are silent. And so I say, Rare indeed are those who obtain the bounty of this world.
Keeping the hips still and sacrum stiff is dangerous; the heart suffocates. Forcing quiet subdues restlessness unnaturally, like smothered fire turning to suffocating smoke. In meditation, calmness must arise naturally from inner composure. Forcing it through rigidity leads to harmful outcomes.
December 6, 2024 at 3:27 AM
Keeping the hips still and sacrum stiff is dangerous; the heart suffocates. Forcing quiet subdues restlessness unnaturally, like smothered fire turning to suffocating smoke. In meditation, calmness must arise naturally from inner composure. Forcing it through rigidity leads to harmful outcomes.