Tag: acceptance
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Life body mind relationship
Know thyself. To know one’s body, is amatuer,To know one’s mind, is skillful,To know Life underneath body-mind, is master. Taochat Jun 2024 – Life body mind relationship
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Confucius Analects – People have different paths – 孔子论语 – 道不同,不相为谋
15.15 People have different paths 子曰、道不同、不相為謀。 The Master said, ‘Those whose courses are different cannot lay plans for one another.’ * * * Discussion: Despite of being connected, and sharing the same origin, we come here with different level of consciousness, and for different roles and purposes. Confucius said it is unrealistic to expect others…
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Confucius Analects – Accept life as it is, simple life
4.1 Proper attitude to face fortune and misfortune 子曰、富與貴、是人之所欲也、不以其道得之、不處也。 貧與賤、是人之所惡也、不以其道得之、不去也。 The Master said, ‘Riches and honours are what men desire. If it cannot be obtained in the proper way, they should not be held. Poverty and meanness are what men dislike. If it cannot be avoided in the proper way, they should not be avoided.…
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Autobiography of Confucius – Confucius Analects – 孔子论语 – 孔子一生
This is an autobiography of Confucius. There were three stages in Confucius life, first stage begins on learning (age 15) and establishing oneself (age 30) in the world. Second stages consolidates and refine one’s life until there is no internal doubt (age 40) and one knows one’s role in the world (age 50). The results…