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zen is a sword about to be drawn


 

This matter Zen

is like a great mass of fire:

when you approach it your face is sure

to be scorched. It is again like a sword about

to be drawn; when it is once out of the scabbard,

someone is sure to lose his life. The precious

vajra sword is right here and its purpose

is to cut off the head.

 

The body does not know

how to discourse or to listen to a discourse.

This which is unmistakably perceivable right where

you are, absolutely identifiable yet without

form, this is what listens to

the discourse.

 

Dahui

zonggao

 

be the valley for the world

the king of the valleys

 

To know

the masculine and yet

cleave to the feminine is to be the

womb for the world. Being the womb for

the world, never departing from the

eternal power of tao, you

become like an infant

once again:

 immortal. 

 

To know

the bright and yet

hold to the dull is to be

an example for the world. 

Being the example for the world, 

not deviating from the everlasting

power of tao, you return to

the infinite once again: 

limitless. 

 

To know

honor and yet keep

to humility is to be the valley

for the world. Being the valley for

the world, rich with the primal power

of tao, you return once again to simplicity, 

like uncarved wood. Allow tao to carve

you into a vessel for tao. Then you

can serve the world without

mutilating

it. 

 

The Tao te Ching of Lao Tzu

Chapter 28

 

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the necessity of adversity

what is always present

 

A true change of

heart  is possible when we accept the

necessity of adversity. Peace comes when

we discontinue the strivings

of the ego.

 

fifth changing line

from The I Ching, or Book of Changes

Hexagram 30, Li / The Clinging (Fire)

(full text here)

 

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follow tao without straying

stay stoked

 

In

governing people

and serving heaven, there

is nothing better than moderation. 

To be moderate is to follow Tao without straying. 

To follow Tao without straying is to become filled with

good energy. To be filled with good energy is to

overcome all things. To overcome all things

is to know that all things are possible. 

She who knows that all things are

possible is fit to govern

people. 

 

Because

she is one with the mother, 

her roots go deep, her foundation

stands firm, her life lasts

long, her vision

endures.

 

The Tao te Ching of Lao Tzu,

Chapter 59

 

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when the general is weak, the nation is weak

banksy

 

 
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.”

💀

 

from The Art of War, Chapter III

 

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