Fighting in

your own territory is

home ground. Fighting a short

distance into the adversary’s territory

is easy ground. Fighting when conditions give

an advantage to neither side is contested ground.

Fighting when both sides can move freely is open ground.

Fighting when a crossroads is at stake is intersecting ground.

Fighting deep into the adversary’s territory and holding cities there

is serious ground. Fighting among steeps, forests, marshes, and

bogs is difficult ground. Fighting in gorges with narrow

entrances and difficult exits where a small number of

warriors can crush a large army is surrounded

ground. Fighting when you will die

if you hesitate is desperate

ground.

from The Art of War, Chapter XI,
The Nine Fighting Situations

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If we

walk past the fires

of racism, sexism, and so on

because illusions of separation

exist within them, we may well

be walking past one of the 

widest gateways to

enlightenment.

Zenju Earthlyn Manuel

Venture

with love and

you win the battle.

Defend with love and you are

invulnerable. Heaven’s

secret is motherly

love.

from The Tao te Ching of Lao Tzu,

Chapter 67

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papaji lives

Those who

awaken never rest in one place.

Like swans, they rise and leave the lake.

On the air they rise and fly an invisible course.

Their food is knowledge. They live on emptiness.

They have seen how to break free.

Who can follow them?

Dhammapada

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The general

is the bulwark of the nation.

When the bulwark is strong, the nation

is strong. When the bulwark is

weak, the nation is

weak.

There

are three ways

in which a ruler can bring

misfortune to his army: if he orders

the army to retreat or advance when it cannot

effectively do so, this is called “hobbling the army”;

if he attempts to administer the army when he does not

know how, its warriors will become frustrated;

if he commands the officers without proper

insight into how they function, this

will undermine their

confidence.

Once an army

has been confused like this,

trouble will arise from every direction.

This is known as “inviting chaos

and handing victory to the

opponent.”

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from The Art of War, Chapter III

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