epub |eng | | Author:Thomas Cleary

151 Lao-tzu said: Food is the basis of the people, the people are the foundation of the nation. Therefore human leaders go by the seasons of the heavens above, conform ...

epub |eng | 2012-07-31 | Author:Philippe L. Gross & S. I. Shapiro [Gross, Philippe L.]

RULE BREAKING In Photography and the Art of Seeing, Freeman Patterson recommends writing down a list of all the rules we assume to be true of photography … and then ...

epub |eng | 2019-07-11 | Author:Phillip Starr

Figure 11-7 . Open the scapula as the fist shoots toward the target. Figure 11-8 . The chest becomes slightly concave. Thrusting with Reverse Rotation In this exercise, you begin ...

epub |eng | 2011-01-02 | Author:Yarbrough, Stephany & Lao-tzu [Yarbrough, Stephany]

Self Knowledge The Wise remain At one with the Tao, The mark of great virtue. The Tao is elusive and invisible. Subtle, and yet it contains Within itself an essence ...

epub |eng | 1998-03-05 | Author:Cleary, Thomas F., 1949-

Startled and embarrassed, Tzu-ch’an changed his attitude and said, “Say no more.” o In the state of Lu a certain man whose foot had been chopped off repeatedly came to ...

epub |eng | 2015-02-25 | Author:Jill Lowy [Lowy, Jill]

THIRTY-THREE Knowing others is wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightenment. Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self needs strength. He who knows he has enough is rich. Perseverance is a ...

epub |eng | 2019-06-17 | Author:Thomas Cleary

SAYINGS OF ANCESTOR LÜ INTRODUCTION Lü Yen (Lü Yan), commonly known in folklore as Lü Tung-pin (Lü Dongbin), is also called Lü Tsu (Lü Zu), or “Ancestor Lü,” in recognition ...

azw3, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Thomas Cleary

Sayings of Ancestor Lü INTRODUCTION Lü Yen (Lü Yan), commonly known in folklore as Lü Tung-pin (Lü Dongbin), is also called Lü Tsu (Lü Zu), or “Ancestor Lü,” in recognition ...

epub |eng | 2004-04-14 | Author:Hieromonk Damascene [Damascene, Hieromonk]

36. The Jesus Prayer In the tradition of The Philokalia – the Eastern Orthodox tradition – there is an especially powerful prayer by which to call upon the incarnate Tao. ...

epub |eng | 2006-04-17 | Author:Lui I-Ming [I-Ming, Lui]

The Oyster’s Pearl, the Hen’s Egg When an oyster forms a pearl and a hen hatches an egg, in both cases it happens because spirit and energy are not scattered. ...

epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Lao-Tzu & Victor H Mair [Lao-Tzu & Mair, Victor H]

“This monstrous wound hath outlets nine, A damp, wet skin doth clothe it o’er; At every point this unclean thing Exudeth nasty, stinking smells.” (Warren, p. 423) 57.6, 7—More literally, ...

epub |eng | 2010-11-23 | Author:Robert G. Henricks [Henricks, Robert G.]

In Text A, lines 7 and 8 are reversed. Also, the “whole” or “everyone” (chieh) in line 9 is omitted in Text A (as it is in the standard text): ...

epub |eng | 2011-02-01 | Author:Steven Liu

The Cycles of the Five Elements Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate. —CHUANG ...

epub |eng | 2019-10-12 | Author:What Is Tao (New World Library, 2000)

PART II THE GENTLE WAY The Tao is like a well: used but never used up. It is like the eternal void: filled with infinite possibilities.... The Tao is called ...

epub |eng | 2007-01-01 | Author:Ursula Le Guin [Guin, Ursula Le]

10 For days after that I kept to my room. Diero told Barna I was ill. I was sick indeed with the grief and anger that I hadn't been able ...