Can we talk about The book of Tao and Teh from Lao Zi?
Now the world becomes more small and we need to know different cultures in this world,The book of Tao and Teh offers us a guide,can we talk about this famous book?
We just started studying this subject in my Eastern Religions Philosophy class. I don't know too much about it yet but I'm looking forward to learning more.
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I do have a copy and read it at times, and find it very helpful.
I like its simplicity and beauty.I'm going to have to get onto Amazon and get that book. I haven't read it yet. What is it? Is it the Buddhist book of proverbs that I've heard so much about lately? Please pardon my ignorance. I would so much like to hear more.
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Paradise7 wrote:
I'm going to have to get onto Amazon and get that book. I haven't read it yet. What is it? Is it the Buddhist book of proverbs that I've heard so much about lately? Please pardon my ignorance. I would so much like to hear more.
I'm sure the OP could explain better than I can. It is very inspiring and yes, I guess you could say it's somewhat like a Buddhist book of proverbs, but what I like about it is that it is more about self-discovery, understanding others, life without judging. it is what it is kind of thought.
Thank you, rebekaELLE.
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Hi rebekahEllE.......How often does your private library hold its garage sales?
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Pearldiver wrote:
Hi rebekahEllE.......How often does your private library hold its garage sales?
not often PD. books are like art to me. I do have many.
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This book sounds interesting ..... I will look for it, if it is available as ebook somewhere....
May I propose that you post a few lines from the book and people can comment on the lines? This would be of great interest to me.
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rgl100 wrote:
May I propose that you post a few lines from the book and people can comment on the lines? This would be of great interest to me.This is a passage that summarizes the book:
(it also summarizes taoism)
"Therefore the Master
acts without doing anything
and teaches without saying anything.
Things arise and she lets them come;
things disappear and she lets them go.
She has but doesn't possess,
acts but doesn't expect.
When her work is done, she forgets it.
That is why it lasts forever."
However, to understand what it means you must study the subject in-depth.
