Tag: master
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Confucius Analects – practice in all situations – 孔子论语 – 全方位修行
2.4 Conduct when alone, in different environment 子曰、吾與回言終日、不違、如愚。退兒省其私、亦足以發、回也不愚。 The Master said, ‘I have talked with Hui [Hui] for a whole day, and he has not made any objection to anything I said;–as if he were stupid. He has retired, and I have examined his conduct when away from me, and found him able to illustrate…
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Dao De Jing 33 – Transcending oneself as the pathway towards wisdom and longevity
Those who understand others is wise, those who understand oneself is enlightened. -> Externally we seek to understand others (e.g. our family, company, country); internally how many seek to understand our own “self”? We might understand our personality, including strengths and weaknesses, but more fundamentally, what is this personality? Where does it come from and how does…
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Dao De Jing 28 – Know masculine, abide in feminine
Know the masculine, but abide in the feminine, be the most humble of the world. -> Master the self (masculine, active), but abide in reality underneath the self (feminine, passive). Then the self can serve humbly in the world. The most humble always remains with virtue, and eventually return to infant. -> By abiding in…
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Dao De Jing 27 – Interdependency of Sage vs. Layman
Those who master travelling leave no trace, -> When one has been to, and is everywhere, one cannot be traced or described by a particular trace. Those who master talking speaks no fault; -> They communicate perfectly and completely and therefore left no fault. Those who master counting need no tool; -> All is known…