Every day priests
minutely examine the dharma
and endlessly chant complicated sutras.
They should learn to read the love letters
sent by the wind and rain, the
snow and moon.
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know what came before time
Looked
at but not seen,
listened to but not heard,
grasped for but not held, formless,
soundless, intangible: the tao
resists analysis and defies
comprehension.
Its rising
is not about light,
its setting not a matter of
darkness. Unnameable, unending,
emerging continually, and continually
pouring back into nothingness, it is
formless form, unseeable image,
elusive, evasive unimaginable
mystery. Confront it, and
you won’t see its face.
Follow it and you
can’t find an
end.
Perceive its
ancient subtle heart, however,
and you become master of the moment.
Know what came before time, and
the beginning of wisdom
is yours.
from The Tao te Ching of Lao Tzu,
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how should those who know
How
should those
who know of God
meet and
part?
The way
an old musician
greets his beloved instrument
and will take special care, as a great
artist always does, to enhance
the final note of each
performance.
cultivate yourself in this life
the very good wife of the very good fellow
Goodness is important
on the way. Once you turn to the tao,
why fear old age? The spiritual immortals have
left methods of grafting life energy, which aspirants
should practice with a true heart. Going back to the root
produces life-prolonging tea; turning the attention
inward is a restorative balm. If you do not
cultivate yourself in this life, how will
you know what road to return on
in the coming life?
Harmony is important
on the way — what is the purpose
of quietistic escapism? One of the ancient
adepts used commerce to complete the great Way,
another nurtured the spiritual tree while serving as an
official. To be in the world yet beyond the world is the road
transcending the ordinary; detached from society while
in society, one enters the lair of immortals.
So many realized people since
ancient times have refined
themselves in cities
and towns.
do you imagine the universe is agitated?
Do you
imagine the universe
is agitated? Go into the desert
at night and look out at the stars.
This practice should answer
the question.
The superior
person settles her mind as
the universe settles the stars in the sky.
By connecting her mind with the subtle origin,
she calms it. Once calmed, it naturally
expands and ultimately her mind
becomes as vast and
immeasurable as
the night
sky.
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Hua hu Ching, and Art of War for
You
can now buy
Hua hu Ching as part of a
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for iPhone or iPad for less than
the cost of one hardcover
book.