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  • Dao De Jing 5 – Impartiality and endless capacity of the Dao,

Dao De Jing 5 – Impartiality and endless capacity of the Dao

01/10/2012
01/10/2012

Heaven and earth do not fixate on benevolent; they deal with all things as if they are grass dogs.

The sages do not fixate on benevolent; they deal with people as if they are grass dogs.

-> Sun and moon rises and falls impartially, they do not shine over certain country or people just because they like them more.  Similarly, enlightened sages who transcend the self has no bias and deal with all according to the natural rhythm of the universe

If we look at the space between heaven and earth, isn’t it like a musical wind chamber?

When emptied it is without limit, when moved it gives out limitlessly.

-> Multiple levels of interpretation are possible here. On breathing its describe the natural coming and going of air or energy in one’s body. On awareness, it describes the coming and going of consciousness in one’s life, on the universal level, it describes the coming and going of universe with one’s perception.

Excessive speeches exhaust ones reasons, it is better to stay centered.

-> it is easy to get lost in words and thoughts. Seek and abide in the center, which is the underlying reality beneath speeches and reasons.

* * *

Chapter 5 Discussion:

We have biases. We like certain people better, we don’t like others. We prefer certain situation (e.g. chocolate), we do not prefer others (bitterness). Yet, when we look around the nature, the sky (including the sun and moon and stars), does not have bias and shine only to certain people or country. The earth beneath and supporting us all, does not favor certain species other others. They treat us all equal like neutral grass dogs, and continue its role and jobs as sky and earth. Through this lack of bias, impartiality is achieved.  A realized sage, similarly, also live ones life like heaven and earth, beyond the limitation of any bias, and therefore achieve impartiality. The way towards this impartiality and its effects (benefits) will be explained more in Chapter 16.

DDJ Chapter 5 bilingual text: https://www.lisiming.net/philosophy/chinese-philosophy/daoist/daoist-philosophy/dao-de-jing-core-33-chapters/ddj1-8/

Tags: bias, breathing, dao, daodejing, daoism, daoist, impartial, laozi, reality
4 Comments/in Chinese Philosophy, Daoism, Online Class /by Derek
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4 replies
  1. 妮基 says:
    01/12/2012 at 03:12

    Is there a difference between ‘favor’ and ‘discriminate’ ? Does not a student of Daoist philosophy discriminate (favor?) certain writings/ teachers over others? Is it not common to favor the Dao De Jing together with a handful of other classic texts on the Dao over others? Because life is short, is it not important to discriminate (favor?) in this manner?

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    • derek says:
      01/12/2012 at 17:23

      Favor is a softer adjective than discriminate, and they both arise from the self. As spiritual students who still identify themselves as their selves, we do favor truth (or the perception of it) in the beginning than the lesser truth. This chapter describes Impartiality as the outcome of the state of Dao-realization and self transcendence, not our ordinary usual dualistic perception. Before one arrives at, or realizes, the destination, favoring will persists. However, when one embarks on the journey of the Dao, and follows the advises given on self transcendence (throughout the Daodejing), self-centered favoring will gradually be replaced by non-personal discernment and universal guidance. Intricacy of such pathway and direction will be described in later Chapters. Yes, life, in its physical and dualistic forms, are short, study well in classic truths to facilitate your favoring and to maximize your potential!

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  1. Dao De Jing 16 - Going back to emptiness and stillness says:
    10/18/2012 at 13:54

    […]  As the purification continues, ones life becomes heavenly, which is a quality of Dao (see Ch5: Impartiality and heavenly of the Dao).  This Dao is everlasting, and lasts even without form.  Therefore, when one realizes, one is […]

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    02/14/2012 at 10:34

    […]  As the purification continues, ones life becomes heavenly, which is a quality of Dao (see Ch5: Impartiality and heavenly of the Dao).  This Dao is everlasting, and lasts even without form.  Therefore, when one realizes, one is […]

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